Perpendicular Memes

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Mathematician's Fancy Vocabulary

Mathematician's Fancy Vocabulary
Regular folks: "Those lines are perpendicular." Mathematicians in formal attire: "I believe you mean orthogonal , my good sir." *adjusts monocle* It's the same exact thing—two lines meeting at 90° angles—but mathematicians just can't resist using the fancy term that makes calculus students cry themselves to sleep. Classic academic flexing!

My Work Here Is Done (Literally)

My Work Here Is Done (Literally)
Physics students everywhere just felt this in their souls! When you walk a long distance at constant speed, the work done is technically ZERO because force and displacement are perpendicular. The smugness of saying "I walked 5 miles but did zero work" is the ultimate physics flex. Next time someone tells you to work harder, just walk in circles at constant speed and tell them physics says you're not working at all! 💪📏

A Physics Major After Graduation

A Physics Major After Graduation
The struggle is real for physics grads! On the left, our poor physicist is just standing there with his briefcase (d = 0, meaning zero displacement). Despite all that force (F) being applied, he's going nowhere fast—just like his job search! On the right, he's FINALLY moving! But physics haunts him forever. Now he's walking perpendicular to the force (θ = 90°, cos θ = 0), meaning all that education force is doing ZERO work on his actual career path! Four years of quantum mechanics and differential equations just to walk sideways from your field! Who needs a job when you can calculate exactly how unemployed you are? 🤓