Square Root Of Rejection

Someone's desperately trying to convince their friend that zero equals infinity, while the friend responds with increasingly bewildered "No" and "What" messages. The mathematical madness peaks with the claim that "0 can be every number" and "0/0 is undefined." This is like watching someone have an existential crisis during a calculus exam! The mathematical equivalent of saying "all colors are actually purple if you squint hard enough." Mathematicians everywhere are either crying or laughing uncontrollably right now. The beautiful thing is how they keep trying despite the friend's one-word rejections - that's dedication to mathematical chaos that even Pythagoras would respect.

The mathematical pun we never knew we needed! Regular polygons follow a naming pattern: hex (6), hept (7), oct (8)... but the fourth one breaks the sequence with Rick Astley promising he's "never gonna give you up." The perfect intersection of geometry and internet culture. Even shapes can't escape being rickrolled in 2023. Next time you're teaching polygon nomenclature, just know your students might finish the sequence with "Nevergon-na give you up" instead of "nonagon." Mathematical trauma has never been so catchy!

Pure mathematics in its natural habitat. First, we define a symmetric matrix as one where A equals its transpose. Then, in a stunning twist that shocks absolutely no one, we prove that if A is symmetric, then—wait for it—A equals its transpose. The circular reasoning is so perfect it could be used to teach geometry. Mathematicians spend years getting PhDs just to discover that things are what we defined them to be. Revolutionary stuff.

Unlike the elegant divisibility rules for 2, 3, or 5, checking for divisibility by 7 feels like filing your taxes with a broken calculator. That convoluted "take the last digit, double it, subtract from the rest" trick is mathematical torture that even calculators were invented to avoid. And just like Bernie's persistent campaign messages, this rule keeps showing up in math classes despite everyone silently agreeing we'd rather just do the long division. Pro tip: if you've spent more than 10 seconds applying the rule, you could have just divided the damn number already.

The eternal meta-struggle of the STEM spouse relationship. One partner desperately tries to explain why partial differential equations are hilarious in that new engineering meme, while their significant other maintains the blank stare of someone who'd rather watch paint dry. The calculus jokes that keep you up at night laughing are apparently not universal currency in relationships. Who knew that explaining why the integral of e^x is still e^x would be met with such indifference? Relationships: where your brilliant mathematical humor goes to die.

Ever notice how people misuse logical operators in everyday language? In the top panel, our curly-haired friend uses an OR gate (which is true when either or both conditions are true), so technically they're saying "choose me, the dog, or both of us!" No wonder stick figure dude looks confused! The bottom panel shows the logically correct XOR (exclusive OR) operator, which is only true when exactly one condition is true. Now our friend is properly saying "choose either me or the dog, but not both and not neither." The sad faces tell the whole story—Boolean logic has consequences in relationship ultimatums! Next time someone gives you an ultimatum, ask them to clarify their logical operators. It might save your relationship... and your dog.