They Want Us To Answer In Seconds?! We Are Not John Von Neumann

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They Want Us To Answer In Seconds?! We Are Not John Von Neumann

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The eternal physics student nightmare! That moment when you're staring at a projectile motion problem with geopolitical flavor, thinking "I got this!" Then they hit you with "give your answer in seconds" and suddenly you're questioning your life choices.

For the uninitiated, this requires calculating how long it takes a bomb to fall 78.4m under gravity (easy part) while accounting for horizontal velocity (the tricky part). Meanwhile, John von Neumann—legendary mathematician who could mentally calculate complex problems in seconds—is probably laughing from mathematical heaven.

The anime girl's transition from "easy" to "ehhh" perfectly captures that split-second realization that you've been bamboozled by a seemingly simple physics problem. Time to frantically scribble equations while praying to the physics gods!

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