Ever tried to make sense of trigonometry notation? This poor soul is having an existential crisis over sine squared! They're wondering why sin²(x) equals (sin x)² instead of sin(sin(x)). It seems logical if you think about it - after all, f²(x) would normally mean f(f(x)) in function notation!
But nope! Math said "we're doing it differently just for trig" and the universe exploded. This is the mathematical equivalent of English pronunciation rules - completely inconsistent and designed specifically to make students cry. The mathematician's scream at the end is all of us during finals week!