When "Doesn't Matter" Is A Lifestyle

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When "Doesn't Matter" Is A Lifestyle

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The ultimate physics burn! While rich folks and beautiful people get to casually dismiss what they have in abundance, physicists are over here living the REAL "doesn't matter" lifestyle! 😂

Every physics student has heard that magical phrase "assume friction is negligible" or "ignore air resistance" about a million times. It's the ultimate academic cop-out - just pretend all those complicated real-world factors don't exist so we can actually solve the problem!

The Tom from Tom & Jerry reaction is absolutely perfect because physicists are basically cartoon characters living in an idealized world where pulleys are massless, ropes don't stretch, and everything happens in a vacuum. Meanwhile, engineers are screaming in the background because EVERYTHING ACTUALLY MATTERS IN REAL LIFE!

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