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You spend years getting traumatized by α, β, γ, δ, ε, θ, λ, μ, π, σ, τ, φ, ψ, ω in every equation imaginable, and then you finally visit Greece only to realize... wait, these aren't just abstract torture devices invented by mathematicians and physicists—they're actual LETTERS that people use for normal stuff like street signs and restaurant menus! It's like finding out your worst enemy is just a regular person living their best life. There's something weirdly validating about seeing a Σ on a storefront instead of in a summation that's about to ruin your weekend. Finally, the Greek alphabet exists outside of your textbooks and you can point at things going "Hey! I know that symbol! It usually means I'm about to fail an exam!"

Nothing says "get rich quick" like dedicating your entire life to problems that have stumped humanity's brightest minds for centuries. The Millennium Prize Problems offer a cool million bucks each—which, after taxes and decades of unpaid research, works out to roughly minimum wage. But wait, there's more! The Myriad Problems promise a prize of TREE(3), a number so incomprehensibly massive it makes the number of atoms in the universe look like pocket change. Too bad you can't buy groceries with abstract mathematical concepts. The real kicker? One problem is already solved (Poincaré Conjecture), and Grigori Perelman turned down the million dollars AND the Fields Medal because apparently mathematical purity pays better than rent. Meanwhile, the rest of us are still trying to figure out P vs NP while our student loans compound at rates that would make the Riemann Hypothesis jealous. Pro tip: If you're looking to make a billion dollars, maybe just start a tech company that sells user data instead. Way easier than proving the Hodge Conjecture, and you won't need to understand fluid dynamics equations that make grown mathematicians cry.