Physics nerds strike again! This meme brilliantly plays on the double meaning of "jerk" - the rude driver versus the physics term for the rate of change of acceleration (the third derivative of position)!
While normal people see car pedals as simple "steering, brake, gas" and call aggressive drivers "jerks," physicists see everything through their motion-equation-colored glasses. For them, it's all about derivatives: position → velocity → acceleration → jerk!
The bottom panel shows physicists labeling EVERYTHING as "accelerator" because they're obsessed with that second derivative, while simultaneously recognizing "jerk" as the proper scientific term. Pure nerd gold!
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