Hey readers! I want to make you a question: what is the first thing it comes to your mind when you hear the words “PhD”, “science”, “academics”? I can assure you that funny and very funny is not on the top.
If you have had a situation during your research were you have said to yourself “This would make it to the main page of a joke book”, you are not alone. Lucky us, the number of doctoral degree holders has more than doubled to 4.5 million, therefore situations in which tears of sadness turn into tears of laughter exist daily, and in big amount.
So take a break from writing, programming, or peering into your microscope, and sit back for a couple of minutes! Because here’s a list of the top 5 hilarious and more relatable science content creators that I’m sure will make you smile:
Homo Academicus shows “snapshots from the academic condition”. Taking images of old quaint paintings and taking them out of context to embody real academic problems in the must funny way. I like to call it the “underdog” because it may not have a large amount of followers but they deserve much more. With 6.4K followers on Instagram and Twitter, I’m excited to see more of them.
This platform combine the popular culture trending with the science in an exceptional way. Mixing scenes of your favorite movie, the most popular Netflix movie, new emojis and latest memes, all together making reference to daily science life. Sketching Science is constantly giving surprises and it has that special touch that will make you follow them everywhere. Among all its platforms they have 422.3K followers (Instagram, Twitter and Facebook).
Darrion Nguyen is the face and creator of Lab Shenanigans – a brand that makes fun, easily digestible science content. As a science educator, he uses his background in theatre and biochemistry, to create relatable and educational science content for students, scientists, and everyone in between. Scaling fast on the list, he is trendy, young and easy to relate. With 767.6K followers across all the social media (TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram).
Personally my favorite one, and yes, yes, I’m guilty, he made me gave a chance to TikTok. I predict he will have a great future using the Lab coat and under the under the spotlights.
As their description say, they are professionals in “meming away PhD stress”. The creator explained in a post on facebook
I was right in the middle of my PhD, under a lot of pressure and anxiety. To face this, I started making memes about my PhD life and sending them to PhD friends, until one of them told me: “Why don’t you make a FB page out of them?”. During summer 2018 I finally started the experiment. With my surprise, my memes were very well received and reached so many people across the world in my very same situation. They became a way to laugh in the face of difficulties not just for me, but for thousands of people in dozens of different Countries!
High impact PhD memes – Facebook Page 12/Aug/2020
Is possible to submit a meme joining the group on Facebook, this platform gives the opportunity to people all over the world to support each other! Collecting 234K followers on Facebook and Twitter, High Impact PhD Memes became the 2nd place on the list.
You needed to be living under a rock to don’t even heard about this page. Piled Higher and Deeper (PHD) Comics is an innovative comic strip about “life (or the lack thereof) in Academia”. Their authentic illustration of common situations and frustrations of academics makes it attractive to academics of all ages and stages. With almost 1 million followers in total on all platforms (YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook) this Comic strip is the top on the list.
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