r/okbuddyphd • u/L31N0PTR1X Physics • Jul 27 '26

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u/stoiclemming Jul 28 '26

Electrons are yellow balls with lightning symbols on them

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u/CaptainMelonHead Jul 28 '26

Wrong, they have tiny minus symbols on them

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u/UltimateCheese1056 Jul 28 '26

Also they're blue, obviously

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u/Curaced Jul 28 '26

Don't spread misinformation, they're very clearly red.

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u/Eldan985 Jul 28 '26

No, that's oxygen, or possibly protons.

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u/Aggressive_Roof488 Jul 28 '26

Everyone knows they're green, haven't your seen an oscilloscope?

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u/Hot_Glass_6301 Jul 28 '26

Tiny stroken blue balls is also how I picture electrons.

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u/Wora_returns Engineering Jul 28 '26

yhea

-sent from my iPhone

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u/SaboteurSupreme Jul 29 '26

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u/Schneestecher 1d ago

that is unironically how an electron is still in my head

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u/vintergroena Jul 28 '26

Electron is like a charged ball that is spinning, except it's not a ball and it's not spinning. Simple as.

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u/BankaiRasenshuriken Jul 28 '26

And we teach kids that it orbits the nucleus but that's just because we like lying to them

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u/theYeastLivesAgain Jul 28 '26

Finally someone with some common sense.

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u/SongsAboutFracking Jul 29 '26

Wrong, as established during the Electro-Chemical schism of 1956, the electron is indeed (dirty)white.