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It Looks Different Every Time

It Looks Different Every Time
When programmers try to explain coding brackets to non-programmers! The curly braces, parentheses, and square brackets might look nearly identical to the uninitiated, but they're completely different creatures in programming! One tiny bracket mistake and your entire code collapses faster than a soufflé in an earthquake. Meanwhile, the programmer is frantically trying to explain why that curved line absolutely cannot be substituted with that other curved line that looks exactly the same but isn't. Programming languages are basically just elaborate bracket fashion shows with some letters and numbers thrown in for decoration!

The Four Horsemen Of Hard To Draw Math Symbols

The Four Horsemen Of Hard To Draw Math Symbols
Nothing strikes fear into the hearts of math students quite like trying to hand-draw these symbols without them looking like hieroglyphics from a drunk archaeologist! The summation symbol (Σ) with its perfect parallel lines, those curly braces that never match, the integral symbol (∫) that always ends up looking like a deformed snake, and whatever abomination we create when attempting to write the "g" for gravitational acceleration. Even professors with PhDs resort to saying "squiggly bracket thingy" when writing on whiteboards. Pro tip: this is why LaTeX was invented—so mathematicians could finally communicate without their handwriting being mistaken for seismic readings.