The eternal math education debate captured in stick figure glory! Former student smugly declares they've forgotten all algebra since graduation, triumphantly proclaiming "no one has needed me to solve for X!" only to have their math teacher deliver the ultimate comeback: "I told you'd never use it... IN YOUR FACE!"
The comic brilliantly skewers the "when will I ever use this?" crowd while pointing out the bizarre contradiction: people proudly boast about forgetting math but would never brag about not learning music, cooking, or languages. It's the perfect encapsulation of math anxiety disguised as practical thinking!
Next time someone says "I haven't used algebra since high school," just smile knowingly. They're using algebraic thinking constantly—they just don't realize it's hiding in everything from cooking ratios to budgeting to programming their thermostat!