When Your Physics Problem Gets A Bit Too Existential

Mechanics Textbook Existential Force Education Absurdity

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When Your Physics Problem Gets A Bit Too Existential

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Ever had a physics problem that made you question your life choices? This diagram perfectly captures that moment! The detailed measurements of a person pulling a truck with the caption "No one is sure why" takes physics problems to a philosophical level.

Physics textbooks love giving us these absurdly specific scenarios with precise angles and distances, but never bothering to explain WHY someone would be pulling a 2-ton truck at a 15° angle. Is this some sort of strange workout? A physics professor's idea of community service? The world may never know!

Next time your professor asks you to calculate the force required, just write "therapy" as your answer!

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