Do you really kiss when you kiss?

Atoms never touch, technically nobody's punched anyone.

At an atomic level, atoms technically never touch. An outer shell of electrons surrounds every atom, which repels against other electrons as they have the same charge. This technically means you never touch anything, with feeling being attributed to the repulsion of the electrons.

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Atoms Never Touch refers to memes about the fact that atoms never technically touch each other. The jokes were popularized by a viral 2020 comedy skit where a man explains to a police officer that atoms technically never touch, meaning he didn't actually punch a kid.