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The mathematical horror story in one equation! That innocent-looking functional equation f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y) seems harmless until you realize it's describing a linear function. But here's the twist - if you can't assume continuity, this function becomes a mathematical monster!
The blissfully ignorant Mr. Incredible has no idea that without continuity, this equation allows for absolutely chaotic, pathological solutions that break all intuition. Meanwhile, the nightmare-fuel Mr. Incredible represents mathematicians who've seen the eldritch horrors lurking in discontinuous additive functions - functions so wild they can't even be graphed!
Fun fact: Without assuming continuity, there are solutions to this equation that are dense in the plane and completely destroy any hope of a "nice" function. This is why mathematicians desperately beg, "Please, just let me assume it's continuous at ONE point!" Because that single assumption tames the beast back into a well-behaved f(x)=cx linear function!
