Are They Fractions? (Narrator: They're Not)

The truth they don't want you to know! Big Math has been manipulating us with π (3.14159...) all along. They created a whole holiday on March 14th just to sell more calculators and geometry textbooks. Next thing you know, they'll claim the Pythagorean theorem was an inside job and that parallel lines actually DO meet (but only when no one's looking). The whiteboard formulas in the background are clearly part of the indoctrination process. Stay woke, calculate responsibly!

Walking past "Interest in Science" like she doesn't exist, but stopping dead in your tracks for "Math"? Classic academic betrayal! The irony is delicious - trying to separate math from science is like trying to separate peanut butter from a PB&J sandwich. Math isn't just a science, it's the language science speaks. Without math, physics is just philosophy with cooler explosions. Next thing you'll tell me is that you love water but hate H₂O!

Math just broke this poor stick figure's brain! First, we accept imaginary numbers (n√-1) as valid mathematical constructs despite their "imaginary" nature. Then BAM! Euler's identity (e πi = -1) shows up and completely shatters reality. It's that moment when math goes from "weird but I'll accept it" to "WHAT SORCERY IS THIS?!" Euler's identity connects five fundamental constants (0, 1, π, e, and i) in one elegant equation that feels like the universe is playing a cosmic prank on us. The stick figure's existential crisis is every math student who suddenly realizes numbers are both completely made up AND eerily perfect at describing our universe. Mathematical gaslighting at its finest!

The mathematical trauma escalates real quick! First panel shows the basic definition we all learn - vectors as arrows with magnitude and direction. Simple enough, right? But then BOOM! Abstract algebra kicks in and suddenly vectors become elements in vector spaces with basis vectors, linear independence, and eigenvalues haunting your dreams. That's the moment your brain melts into a void of mathematical despair. The transition from high school math to college linear algebra is basically psychological warfare.

The only thing worse than calculating your taxes is calculating the derivative of a logarithmic function at 2 AM. Some of us chose scientific careers and now solve equations that make high school algebra look like counting fingers. We've essentially volunteered for lifelong math homework, just with fancier calculators and more existential dread. The real punchline? We pay for this privilege.

When someone suggests literally any problem-solving approach, mathematicians and physicists be like: "Nah, I'd Fourier transform." The escalating frustration of seeing every single type of Fourier transform listed is pure mathematical trauma in action. From waves to electromagnetics, quantum to spectral analysis—it's the mathematical equivalent of that friend who only knows one recipe but insists on cooking it six different ways. By the time we hit "Fourier FUCKING transform," you can practically feel the despair of someone who's spent too many sleepless nights converting between time and frequency domains. It's the universal hammer that makes everything look like a nail... a very complex, sinusoidal nail.