Calculus Is Bae

The top panel shows the derivative of e^x equals e^x - that beautiful mathematical unicorn where the function is its own derivative! Pure elegance! 🤩 But then comes the second panel with the derivative of e^x with respect to e instead of x, and suddenly we're dealing with xe^(x-1) - a mathematical horror show that would make any calculus student cry into their textbook. It's like finding out your favorite band's perfect song has a terrible remix. No wonder it doesn't spark joy! The universe had ONE job with that exponential function!

The eternal truth of scientific textbook lifespans! Physics books become doorstops after a few paradigm shifts (sorry Newton), and chemistry texts turn into historical fiction once we discover new elements or particles. But mathematics? Those ancient theorems from thousands of years ago still crush it in modern classrooms. Pythagoras would totally high-five a calculus student today. The Pythagorean theorem hasn't needed a software update since 500 BCE, while physics and chemistry are basically subscription services with mandatory upgrades. Mathematical truth is the cockroach of academia - utterly indestructible!

Nothing says "engineering student" quite like the thousand-yard stare that comes after realizing your 17-page calculation has a mistake on page 2. That moment when your bridge design suddenly becomes a diving board. The desperate "Back to formula?" question isn't just a plea—it's the engineering equivalent of finding out your parachute was actually packed by someone who failed knot-tying class. The true engineering experience isn't building cool stuff; it's questioning your life choices at 4 AM while surrounded by crumpled paper and broken dreams.

The first commenter drops a mind-boggling stat bomb: there are 80 septillion septillion septillion possible ways to arrange a deck of cards (that's 52 factorial or 52!). The second commenter responds with "52!" which is both the mathematical notation AND an excited exclamation. The third commenter completely misses the factorial joke and thinks the person is just yelling the number of cards. It's like watching someone get excited about combinatorial mathematics while everyone else thinks they're just being loud about cardistry. That number is so astronomically huge that if you shuffled a deck of cards right now, you've likely created an arrangement that has never existed before in human history!

Behind closed doors, engineers are secretly performing mathematical witchcraft! That equation 5/π × 3 = 5 is gloriously, deliciously WRONG by any mathematical standard. But in engineering? If it works, it ships! Engineers aren't calculating reality—they're negotiating with it. "Dear Physics, I'll give you this safety factor if you promise not to collapse my bridge." The sacred art of approximation where π sometimes equals exactly 3 and gravity is just a polite suggestion. No wonder they keep the doors closed!

Physics is just copying and pasting with different letters! The linear motion equations are sitting there with their v's and x's, while angular motion equations are giving side-eye with their fancy ω's and θ's. It's the same homework assignment but make it spin . Classic physics move—take something straightforward, rotate it, and boom—whole new chapter in the textbook. The professor who invented this probably got tenure for essentially writing "find and replace" in Microsoft Word.