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Proof Of The Jordan Curve Theorem

Proof Of The Jordan Curve Theorem
Ever witnessed a mathematician having an existential crisis? This is pure gold. The Jordan Curve Theorem—which basically says "closed loops have an inside and outside"—seems ridiculously self-evident, yet it requires a complex formal proof that drove this poor soul to mathematical madness. It's the mathematical equivalent of spending three hours proving water is wet. The frustration is palpable—like explaining to your grandparents why the sky is blue and getting asked for peer-reviewed citations. Twenty pages of topology just to confirm what every fence-builder since the dawn of civilization intuitively knew. This is why mathematicians drink.

Newton's Earth-Shattering Obvious Discovery

Newton's Earth-Shattering Obvious Discovery
Newton's first law of motion basically says objects stay put unless something pushes them. Revolutionary? Not really. It's like "discovering" that water is wet or that pizza tastes good! Picture Newton having this MIND-BLOWING epiphany and just standing there with his arms outstretched like he's the messiah of the obvious. "EUREKA! If I don't touch it... IT DOESN'T MOVE!" *gasp* Someone give this man a medal for noticing what literally every rock has been doing since the beginning of time! 🤯

Mind-Blowing Mathematical Tautology

Mind-Blowing Mathematical Tautology
The mathematical tautology here is absolutely killing me! 🤣 Euclid, the father of geometry, having an existential meltdown over discovering that "identical triangles are identical" is pure mathematical comedy gold. It's like saying water is wet or circles are round! The joke plays on how mathematicians sometimes state the painfully obvious in the most formal way possible. Ancient Greek mathematicians were out there proving things like "if A equals B, then B equals A" and calling it revolutionary. Mathematical proofs can get so circular sometimes that even Euclid's mind was blown by his own logic!

Proof By F*cking Obviousness!

Proof By F*cking Obviousness!
Ever had that moment in math class when the professor spends 45 minutes proving something that seems ridiculously self-evident? That's the Jordan Curve Theorem in a nutshell! Some brilliant mathematician finally snapped and created the most honest proof in academic history. "It's a closed loop. Of course there's going to be an outside and inside." Revolutionary stuff, folks! The funny part? This "trivial ass" theorem actually requires complex topology to prove formally. Mathematicians spent decades developing the rigorous proof while the rest of us were just drawing circles and saying "duh, inside and outside." Next up in the academic journal: groundbreaking proof that water is wet and the sky appears blue under certain atmospheric conditions.

Who Let This Guy Cook?

Who Let This Guy Cook?
Behold, the revolutionary mathematical breakthrough that is... *checks notes*... basic algebra! This mathematical Columbus has "discovered" what first-year students learn before their first coffee break. Next up: this brilliant mind will reveal their groundbreaking invention called "subtraction" and ask if anyone's heard of it before. The sheer confidence of explaining the fundamental concept of finding roots as if unveiling the secrets of the universe is peak academic comedy. Somewhere, Newton and Leibniz are slow-clapping in the afterlife.

The Obvious Academic Gaslighting

The Obvious Academic Gaslighting
The eternal struggle of every student! When professors casually direct you to "just check the book" for answers, only to find that textbook authors have a peculiar definition of "obvious." The page is literally plastered with variations of "obviously," "it is obvious that," and "easily seen" for concepts that require a PhD and three energy drinks to comprehend. Nothing says academic gaslighting quite like a textbook that insists multivariable calculus proofs are "obvious" while you're questioning your entire existence. Next time someone says math anxiety isn't real, show them this mathematical horror novel.

The Wow Signal: Space's Greatest "No Duh" Mystery

The Wow Signal: Space's Greatest "No Duh" Mystery
The cosmic mystery meets Captain Obvious! The 1977 "Wow! Signal" remains one of astronomy's greatest unsolved puzzles - a 72-second burst of radio waves that made scientists collectively spit out their coffee. Meanwhile, internet genius Cypress Houx cracked the case with Nobel Prize-worthy deduction: "I bet it came from space." 🤦‍♂️ Groundbreaking! Next up, they'll discover water is wet and pizza is delicious. Maybe aliens just wanted to share their mixtape and got ghosted by humanity?

Revolutionary Laser Follows Laws Of Physics

Revolutionary Laser Follows Laws Of Physics
Breaking news: Scientists shocked to discover that light-speed laser travels at... the speed of light! 🤯 Next up: Water confirmed wet and fire still hot. The headline about a "world-leading laser beam that travels at speed of light" is like bragging your calculator can do math. ALL lasers travel at light speed—it's literally in the name (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation). That's like advertising a "revolutionary new car with wheels" or a "groundbreaking fish that can swim." Military tech is cool and all, but maybe save the breathless headlines for when the laser can break the laws of physics instead of just... following them perfectly.

The Profound Mathematical Revelation About 2025

The Profound Mathematical Revelation About 2025
This mathematical "revelation" is pure genius! The equation shows that 2025 equals the sum of 1 repeated 2024 times (from n=0 to 2024). In other words, 2025 = 1+1+1+...+1 (2025 times). It's literally just counting to 2025! The humor comes from presenting this utterly basic arithmetic fact as some profound mathematical property "revealed in a dream." Like discovering water is wet and claiming divine inspiration. Next breakthrough: if you add 1 to 2025, you get 2026! Mind = blown. 🤯

The Scientific Method Of Stating The Obvious

The Scientific Method Of Stating The Obvious
The genetic equivalent of "trust me bro" science! This meme brilliantly pokes fun at how we sometimes state the obvious with scientific uncertainty. A single DNA strand contains all the genetic information encoded in its nucleotide sequence, so saying it has "more information than half a strand" is like saying water is wetter than half the amount of water. The hesitant "Probably" at the end is the chef's kiss - mimicking how scientists habitually qualify even the most self-evident statements with cautious language. It's the molecular biology version of "60% of the time, it works every time."

The Profound Art Of Making Simple Math Look Complicated

The Profound Art Of Making Simple Math Look Complicated
The mathematical equivalent of "tell me you failed elementary school without telling me you failed elementary school." This equation confidently states that 1+1=2 but with extra steps, dressing it up as 2 0 + 2 0 = 2 1 and slapping a "Q.E.D." at the end like it just proved Fermat's Last Theorem. For those who skipped Math 101: any number raised to power zero equals 1, so this is literally just 1+1=2 wearing a tweed jacket and pretending to be profound. The "Day 4" suggests this mathematical "genius" has been sharing these groundbreaking discoveries daily, presumably building toward a Fields Medal nomination that will never come.

Educational Textbooks: Where The Obvious Becomes Profound

Educational Textbooks: Where The Obvious Becomes Profound
The eternal struggle of science textbooks: stating the blindingly obvious with the gravitas of revealing the secrets of the universe. Nothing quite like spending $200 on a book that dramatically declares "water is wet" as if Newton himself just whispered it from beyond the grave. Graduate students have been known to develop a twitch from repeatedly reading phrases like "it is trivially shown that..." right before three pages of incomprehensible equations. The author probably giggled while writing this, knowing full well we'd be sobbing at 3 AM trying to understand why something so "obvious" requires sixteen references and a PhD to comprehend.