Frustration Memes

When someone suggests literally any problem-solving approach, mathematicians and physicists be like: "Nah, I'd Fourier transform." The escalating frustration of seeing every single type of Fourier transform listed is pure mathematical trauma in action. From waves to electromagnetics, quantum to spectral analysis—it's the mathematical equivalent of that friend who only knows one recipe but insists on cooking it six different ways. By the time we hit "Fourier FUCKING transform," you can practically feel the despair of someone who's spent too many sleepless nights converting between time and frequency domains. It's the universal hammer that makes everything look like a nail... a very complex, sinusoidal nail.

Linear algebra students everywhere are triggered by this classic mathematical troll move. The equation shows y = (y·u₁/u₁·u₁)u₁ + (y·u₂/u₂·u₂)u₂ where those fractions are screaming to be simplified. But textbook authors refuse to cancel the u's because they're not actually the same term - one is a dot product in the numerator and another is in the denominator. It's like thinking you can cancel the 2's in 2+3/2+5. You can't! Math professors secretly giggle every time a student makes this mistake and then has to sheepishly erase their work. The projection formula may look tempting, but those u's are staying right where they are!

Nothing like being marked wrong for being exactly right. The computer insists √3 and ²√3 are different, despite them being mathematically identical. This is why mathematicians still use paper—computers don't understand the concept of "it's the journey, not the destination." 17 years of education and your grade still depends on whether you put the radical sign in the right pixel position.