I'm Just There For Attendance

The perfect visual representation of calculus trauma progression! First, you're learning basic alphabet variables (K, L, M, N) - no big deal. Then suddenly you're hit with single derivatives (s, p, d, f) and you're like "okay, I can handle this." But then BAM! Partial derivatives and second-order differential equations come crashing down like an avalanche of mathematical horror. That face in the third panel is the exact moment your brain realizes you'll be solving dx²-y² at 2AM while questioning your life choices. Differential equations don't just break your calculator—they break your spirit!

Ever had that moment when your theoretical knowledge hits a practical roadblock? The poor mathematician with a PhD couldn't mentally calculate 68×74 on a date! The irony is delicious - spending years proving complex theorems and writing dissertations, but freezing up on basic arithmetic. It's like having a Formula 1 car but forgetting how to turn the key. Mental math and theoretical math are completely different beasts - one requires quick calculations, the other deep conceptual understanding. That Kermit plush perfectly captures the shame spiral of realizing you've just undermined years of academic credibility with one missed multiplication problem.

The eternal engineering software war continues! Kid begs for SolidWorks (the Ferrari of 3D CAD software), but Mom delivers the classic parental response: "We have SolidWorks at home." Plot twist—the "SolidWorks at home" is actually AutoCAD, which is like showing up to a 3D modeling party with a 2D sketch pad. It's the engineering equivalent of asking for an Xbox and getting a Speak & Spell instead. The betrayal runs deep for every engineering student who's had to toggle between software packages because their university license expired!

The mathematical notation "0 ∉ N" simply means "zero is not an element of the set of natural numbers" - a fact that's sparked more academic fights than the department coffee budget. Mathematicians have been bickering about whether zero belongs in the natural numbers since before calculators were cool. Some textbooks include it, others don't, and somehow we've built modern civilization on this shaky foundation. The perfect metaphor for politics meeting mathematics - absolute certainty about things that are completely arbitrary.

That moment when lab safety questions subtly remind you that option A ("panic and cry") is technically on the table! The professor knows exactly what students are thinking. Let's be honest - spilling an unknown chemical on yourself is a legitimate crying situation, but apparently that's frowned upon in scientific circles. Option C is clearly correct, but option D ("just keep experimenting") is peak mad scientist energy. Safety protocols exist because some brilliant researcher once thought, "What if I just ignore this chemical burn and finish my groundbreaking work?" Pro tip: crying is acceptable AFTER you've followed proper decontamination procedures.

Oh, the beautiful "shortcut" that every math teacher would absolutely love ! 😂 Instead of working through that terrifying trigonometric nightmare at the top, this genius just multiplied both sides by zero, making everything equal zero, then divided by zero to get LHS = RHS. Voilà! "Hence proved!!" It's like saying "I can't solve this problem, so I'll just make it disappear!" Mathematical equivalent of sweeping dust under the rug. Every math student has fantasized about this forbidden technique during an exam panic. Pure mathematical rebellion!