Polygons Memes

The mathematical pun we never knew we needed! Regular polygons follow a naming pattern: hex (6), hept (7), oct (8)... but the fourth one breaks the sequence with Rick Astley promising he's "never gonna give you up." The perfect intersection of geometry and internet culture. Even shapes can't escape being rickrolled in 2023. Next time you're teaching polygon nomenclature, just know your students might finish the sequence with "Nevergon-na give you up" instead of "nonagon." Mathematical trauma has never been so catchy!

This is what happens when mathematicians try to express gratitude. The message "Thank you for tiling the plane" is spelled out using actual geometric tiles—triangle, square, pentagon, and hexagon—followed by polygons with increasing numbers of sides that can't actually tile a plane by themselves. It's geometry humor that only gets funnier when you realize regular pentagons physically can't tessellate. The bottom row is basically the mathematical equivalent of inviting vegans to a steakhouse. Pure geometric trolling at its finest.

Mathematicians secretly judging video game character evolution while the rest of us just play! The left shows a "summation female" (Σ-female) with those classic blocky polygons from early 3D games, while the right shows an "integral female" (∫-female) with those smooth, continuous graphics we drool over today. It's basically the mathematical glow-up we all wanted—from discrete to continuous, from counting to flowing. Next-gen consoles are just fancy calculus machines with controllers attached!

The mathematical insurgency has begun! This meme brilliantly captures the horror of finding a sphere (made of triangles!) in a triangle factory. It's like discovering quantum physics at a Newtonian convention. The top panel shows the factory workers freaking out at this geometric abomination while the bottom reveals the truth - that spheres in 3D modeling are actually made up of triangular polygons! The blue sphere's triangular mesh structure is its secret identity. This is basically geometric espionage. The worker's confusion is pure mathematical existential crisis - "Wait, have I been making spheres this WHOLE TIME?!"

The geometry gang's all here! This meme brilliantly captures the hierarchy of regular polygons that can tessellate (completely cover a plane without gaps). The fierce hexagon and triangle dragons look down on their simple square sibling who's just happy to be included in the tiling party! 😂 What makes this extra hilarious for math nerds is that only these three regular polygons can perfectly tile a plane. Hexagons are often considered the "superior" shape in nature (just ask bees about their honeycombs), triangles are the structural MVPs, while squares are... well, just squares doing their best! The derpy square dragon is mathematical perfection!