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Higgs Boson Excitement So Great It Must Be Expressed In Memes

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By Kelly Faircloth 7/06/12 3:30pm

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  • What other response could one possibly have?
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    This week, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland had the rare pleasure of telling the entire world, “We told you so,” when they announced the clearest signs yet of the existence of the elusive Higgs Boson, rather questionably dubbed the “God particle.” And we’re pretty sure the Internet has never been so consumed with excitement for theoretical physics.

    Emotions ran so high, in fact, they had to be expressed in the lingua franca of digital natives: memes. (Always memes.) Here are a few standouts.

  • Back Forward What other response could one possibly have?

    What other response could one possibly have?

    (Via: Meme Generator)

  • Back Forward Shake that mass, watch yourself.

    Shake that mass, watch yourself.

    (Via: Quick Meme)

  • Back Forward We sympathize.

    We sympathize.

    (Via: Know Your Meme)

  • Back Forward Look at this fucking hipster, pretending to understand physics.

    Look at this fucking hipster, pretending to understand physics.

    (Via: Know Your Meme)

  • Back Forward Okay, we think we're starting to get it.

    Okay, we think we're starting to get it.

    (Via: Know Your Meme)

  • Back Forward And then there's the announcement font...

    And then there's the announcement font...

    (Via: Know Your Meme)

  • Back Forward Which is immediately identified as rank trolling.

    Which is immediately identified as rank trolling.

    (Via: Know Your Meme)

  • Back Forward Wish we understood this joke better.

    Wish we understood this joke better.

    (Via: QuickMeme)

  • Back Forward But when will the CERN scientists make a "Call Me Maybe" video?

    But when will the CERN scientists make a "Call Me Maybe" video?

    (Via: Know Your Meme)

  • Back Forward Scratch that, what we really want is a Higgs explainer from Carly Rae Jepsen.

    Scratch that, what we really want is a Higgs explainer from Carly Rae Jepsen.

    (Via: Quick Meme)

  • Back Forward Maybe if we get him liquored up, Peter Higgs can explain all this to us.

    Maybe if we get him liquored up, Peter Higgs can explain all this to us.

    (Via: Know Your Meme)

  • Back Perhaps the most accurate response.

    Perhaps the most accurate response.

    (Via: Reddit)

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