Trivial Memes

Behold the final boss of academic papers! Mathematicians don't just solve problems—they summon an entire arsenal of fancy transition words that make their proofs sound like ancient spells. "Hence," "thus," "a priori"... it's like they're casting incantations while making those little hand gestures of perfection! 🧙‍♂️ Next time you're reading a math paper and see "WLOG" (without loss of generality), just imagine the author doing this exact pose while typing it. And don't even get me started on "trivial"—nothing makes a math student panic faster than seeing an apparently obvious step that somehow requires seventeen dimensions and a PhD to understand!

Every math student's nightmare: the professor casually dismisses a complex proof as "trivial" and expects you to just "look at it" and understand. The academic equivalent of being told to "just be happy" during a crisis. The gap between what professors think is obvious and what students actually comprehend could fit the entire field of topology with room to spare. Next time your professor pulls this move, remember you're not alone in your confusion—Einstein himself once said "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." Take that, Professor Obvious!

The fastest way to get a math PhD? Just repeat "this is trivial" with absolute confidence! This parrot skipped all the grueling problem sets and went straight to graduation by mastering the one phrase mathematicians use to make everyone feel intellectually inferior. Next semester, it's teaching a seminar on "obvious" proofs and collecting research grants for cracker-based algorithms. Meanwhile, actual math students are sobbing into their 17th cup of coffee trying to understand why anything is "trivial."

The classic mathematician's cop-out strikes again! Nothing strikes fear into the hearts of math students quite like seeing "Proof: Trivial" written on the board after staring at an incomprehensible theorem for 45 minutes. It's the academic equivalent of "they had us in the first half, not gonna lie" – except the professor never bothers explaining the second half. Just like that football player's honest admission, mathematicians will casually drop "trivial" when the proof would actually require 17 pages and the sacrifice of your weekend. Next time your professor pulls this stunt, ask them to prove it's trivial... then watch them sweat.

The eternal struggle of first-year math students! You're staring at a proof thinking "what sorcery is this?" while your professor casually skips multiple steps with the dismissive "it's trivial." Then comes the psychological damage when they drop that "it would be obvious if you were smarter" bomb. The mathematical equivalent of watching someone solve a Rubik's cube in 5 seconds and saying "just move the squares until the colors match." Thanks for the detailed instructions, Professor!

The ultimate academic burn! This parrot didn't just learn to mimic words—it mastered the fine art of mathematical snobbery! In math textbooks, when authors write "I leave it as an exercise for the reader," they're basically saying "figure it out yourself, I'm too busy being brilliant." Our feathered friend here has not only earned its graduation cap but also developed the perfect academic superiority complex. Next thing you know, it'll be demanding tenure and rejecting your proofs without explanation!

Behold the mathematician's infinity stones! While Thanos collected gems to destroy half the universe, mathematicians wield linguistic weapons of mass confusion to obliterate student comprehension. Each proof becomes a cosmic light show of "thus," "hence," "furthermore," and the dreaded "trivial" (which is never actually trivial). One snap of "therefore" and suddenly your understanding vanishes into dust. The real superpower? Casually dropping "trivial" on a three-page equation that would make Einstein weep. Pure mathematical savagery.

Finally! A dating app where mathematicians can shine! When asked for "proofs," most people send selfies, but our hero is ready with ACTUAL mathematical proofs... only to pull the classic textbook move of "the proof is trivial and left as an exercise for the reader." That's the mathematical equivalent of saying "I have a girlfriend but she goes to another school." Dating and differential equations don't mix, but at least they both involve finding solutions that satisfy initial conditions!