Document formatting Memes

When two nerds flirt, miscommunication is inevitable. He's talking about LaTeX, the document preparation system beloved by academics who need to format equations without losing their minds. She's thinking of... well, something more elastic. This is why STEM majors should be required to take at least one communications course. The academic-romantic confusion is the perfect metaphor for why scientists often struggle to get research funding—we're never talking about the same thing as the person with the money.