Comment by amelius
8 hours ago
I don't see much connection here between miss BS and semiconductor physics.
It's just a physics book that happens to have pictures of the popstar in it.
8 hours ago
I don't see much connection here between miss BS and semiconductor physics.
It's just a physics book that happens to have pictures of the popstar in it.
It’s a 25 year old joke. It was a simpler time.
An attempt was made in the section "Band Structure and Effective Mass" of the chapter "Basic Semiconductor Physics" to tie the two disparate subjects together.
But what's the joke though?
It’s called absurdity. It’s funny because it’s obviously not true, and also funny because of the undertones that it’s a clever way to get horny teenagers to study physics who really just want to see the photos.
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Everyone knows Alanis Morissette is a master electrician. That's why she has one hand in her pocket, while the other is probing a circuit.
Anyway, it's kind of Ironic [1] that the dude from Queen is an astrophysicist, and Britney Spears is writing Semiconductor Physics tutorials. Something something music and math.
[1] Sorry
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At the time she was ground zero for all of pop culture and pretty much every single man’s crush. When that website came out it was funny because we were all looking at pictures of Britney anyway so may as well learn some physics at the same time.
Btw, she really went downhill once she fell out of popularity. I think she has a life put back together finally but she got a raw deal. I’m rooting for her.
Same as “the narwhal bacons at midnight” or 67.
Simpler time, simpler jokes.
Others have pointed it out, but it’s the juxtaposition of the fact that she’s definitely not an expert in this subject with a lesson in the subject.
There’s some subtle bits to the humor depending on how charitable you’re feeling. It might just be absurdist, as in “Blackbeard’s guide to astrobiology”, or it may be more mean spirited and playing on a belief that she is not intelligent.
TL;DR - the joke formula is just:
subject=…
person_not_familiar_with_subject=…
joke=“${person_not_familiar_with_subject}’s guide to {subject}“
And the amount of implied cruelty in the comparison is variable.
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It's a non-sequitur.
"I don't get it."
I recently watched A Fish Called Wanda because some old folks said it is a great movie. It is not. It is shit.
I’m team old folks on this, youngun
Routergod.com was one of the greats, good times.
Interesting, I can see a clear connection between the two subjects on this image: https://britneyspears.ac/physics/basics/images/britneycbvb.j...
This can't be coincidence!
Autistic me wanted to half believe it. You don’t get any cookies for bursting my bubble :(
A joke is like a soap bubble. The act of explaining a joke pops it and reveals it to have no substance.
The essence of humor is simply surprise. Once the surprise is gone, or if it never was surprising, it seems flat or silly.
Some people enjoy humor with deeper meaning, and explaining that meaning might be illuminating. But that’s lipstick on a duck.
Non-sequitur humor was the style at the time.