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This meme brilliantly captures the different approximation sins committed across scientific disciplines: Engineers: Happy with π = 3 because who needs that extra 0.14159... when you're just trying to build something that doesn't collapse. Physicists: Slightly annoyed by notation inconsistencies like dy/dx = dy÷dx. They'll write a 12-page paper explaining why this matters while still using approximations in their own calculations. Astronomers: Final boss of approximation. "Metal = anything heavier than helium" is their way of saying "we've got 90+ elements but ain't nobody got time for that when you're studying objects billions of light years away." The progression from SpongeBob's cheerful acceptance to increasingly buff and angry forms perfectly represents how each field feels about the others' mathematical shortcuts!

The internet: "Math people see angles and geometric patterns everywhere they go!" Actual math person: "We don't do this. Thanks." Truth is, we mathematicians aren't walking around measuring lake angles or seeing golden ratios in park benches. We're too busy wondering if anyone noticed we've worn the same shirt three days in a row because laundry requires solving a time management differential equation we haven't quite figured out yet. The only angles we're calculating are how to avoid eye contact when someone asks us to split a restaurant bill without a calculator.

The mathematical revelation here is that dividing by 5 is equivalent to doubling and dividing by 10. Because, you know, 1/5 = 2/10. Revolutionary stuff. Next week we'll discover that water is wet and grant applications still cause existential dread. Some mathematician probably had this epiphany at 2AM while grading papers and thought they'd discovered the next Pythagorean theorem.