Bagel Memes

The mathematical torus is having an existential crisis! While it's a superstar in topology (the branch of math studying shapes that remain unchanged under stretching and bending), it can't help comparing itself to its tastier look-alikes. Poor torus—geometrically fascinating with its donut shape and one hole, yet forever walking past regular donuts and bagels with food envy! In topology, a torus is basically a surface with one hole—like a donut where mathematicians care about its hole properties, not its deliciousness properties. The ultimate shape-identity crisis!