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they say math jokes are the first sine of madness, I can't imagine why
Apr 3, 2013 12:08 AM
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jeveax
Still negative though.
Philo
Well played, Led, well played.
MrsRosebud13
I can't math...
OdaCaterino
yea I got dat.
SolsticeViper
Math isn't my strong point, and I still find this hilarious.
MrMyth
I think I'm the only English major who enjoys taking extra math classes.
itakeawalkonthewildside
Just give me a secant... I'll get it.
Lisaismyawesomename
i laughed so hard at the picture then noticed the caption!! wish i could give you two upvotes op :P
pleasehelpmefindmywayhome
I tried so hard to find a way to explain how this is false in a grown up manner. I failed, thereby: FALSE! FALSE! FALSE! FALSE!
westcoastwildcat
I laughed far too hard at this
sotiredsoverytired
Keeping (i)t unreal...
SteveDart
Cos you just don't get it.
DemNaders
Imgur's off on a tangent.
shadowchild2089
as someone who has a minor in math without graduating BHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA.
Wiruz
No, minus shit just got real.
senefen
√(-1) 2^3 ∑ π.
senefen
And it was delicious.
jaydoxtator
i acctually get it haha because the square root of a negitive is imaginary but when you square it its real hahaha
tallley
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
hawaiianpig
Shut up Pam
StirFriday
HOLY SHITSNACKS
jadedimgurian
I like you
hwarang
Hello fellow lawyers and English majors. I don't get this shit either.
FirstYouTakeTheGraham
As a fellow lawyer who was previously an English major: yep.
youtah
I'm a Communication Major, and even I get this. I'm not even getting a real degree!
gonchio
I think the imgurians are engineers or have no profession mostly
MrMyth
negative numbers can't be squared by real numbers, so it was an imaginary number, i, when i is squared it's back to a real number, -1
Taxicab0428
(1/2) the square root (or any even root) of a negative number yields an imaginary answer. Squaring gets rid of the square root,
Taxicab0428
(2/2) leaving only real, negative shit
MocBoc
I'd argue that -shit just got real, after being turned imaginary for the brief duration between P and E in PEMDAS.
w3ll3r33
so we now have negative shit?
gmdave
Used to be iShit
IveGotALovelyBunchOfPawPaws
Plot Twist : Shit is imaginary and squaring the the square root of negative shit still leaves imaginary shit.
stfuorillthrowmycatatyou
That's what I was thinking...
Giorox
Shouldn't it be squaring only (-shit) and not SQrt of (-shit)?
UffDaDan
He just has a redundant set of parentheses, don't let it bother you. It is still correct
kiaserzohsay
XKCD did it first. http://xkcd.com/849/
IveGotALovelyBunchOfPawPaws
You really can't say it better than XKCD. You either screw it up or it just doesn't come out right.
thechancesofthisusernamebeingtakendecreaseasikeeptyping
Finally someone who actually can do math. My comment pointing this out got downvoted... Amazed at how people who don't understand argue this
Akmens
incorect. squaring the square root of negative shit leaves negative shit.
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Akmens
oh, guess I just skipped over the "shit is imaginary" part... so much for being a freshman, who knows maths, but can't argue
Ashcaspy
If, as MerryMain suggested, shit is imaginary, then shit = some real number k * i. The square root of negative shit would (1/2)
Ashcaspy
(2/2) be sqrt(-ki) = i*sqrt(k)*[(1+i)/sqrt(2)] = (i*sqrt(k) -sqrt(k))/sqrt(2). This squares to (-k-2ki+k)/2 = -2ki/2 = -ki = negative shit.
Ashcaspy
Yaaaaaayyy math! :D
IveGotALovelyBunchOfPawPaws
Let shit=i
rmapantherfan
but shit doesn't = i, it is shit. only the sq root of -shit (assuming shit > 0) is equal to i X sq root of shit. hen that sq = -shit
Coyote8
shit = 1 therefore shit is a whole unit, and is therefore everything
Yongasoo
THIS MAN SPEAKETH THE TRUTHETH!
HaveYouAcceptedPeterCapaldiAsYourNewTimelordAndSavior
hahahahahahhhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahha THIS.
Manasii
I think I'm in love.
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Manasii
Lmfao can we just be best friends now?
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Manasii
Ugh I love you.
PbZeppelin
google this: sqrt(cos(x))cos(200 x)+sqrt(abs(x))-.07)(4-x*x)^0.01, sqrt(9-x^2),-sqrt(9-x^2) from -4.5 to 4.5
Manasii
I've done this before. And I love it. Fuckin' math... Jeez.
iEatPopcorn
irrational shit is hard to deal with, especially when it hits the fan
Dandoch1080
Dat caption...Can we be friends?
strikeviperMKII
Wouldn't that be "the opposite of shit just got real"?
2arqu0n
I think so, too
Hansy
shit just got imaginary
arightbadbastard
imaginary squared man
EndWay
I laughed way too hard at this! Probably makes sense that I am a physics major.
Chalkary
I really don't think being a physics major is anywhere near the requirement to understand this joke
uzerok
When you are a physics major you will understand that this is technically wrong.
mooseablethenok
wouldn't you factor i out of that? (sqrt(-shit))^2 = (i+shit)^2 = (i+shit)(i+shit) i^2+2(ishit)+shit^2 =shit^2+2ishit+1
mooseablethenok
wait, no, my math is still wrong here.
mooseablethenok
(sqrt(-shit))^2=(i*sqrt(shit))^2 I don't think it could be simplified any more. Shit was always real, yo, just take i out.
2arqu0n
Sorry to spoil the party, but in this term, shit is already real. sqrt(-shit) isn't and (sqrt(-shit))² is, but the shit always is.
WellBehavedZombie
Agreed, but the real question is what answer to the question in complex form!?
IDontKnowWhatUsernameToPick
I was looking for someone else who noticed this!
pdp1
Shit got imaginary, and then shit just got real!
TheDerpFace
I'm ashamed to admit I read 'sqrt' as 'squirt' two times before I realised it meant square root.
4JORMA
Who says shit > 0?
2arqu0n
If shit<0, then the whole discussion is obsolete because then sqrt(-shit) is a real number.
uzerok
Even if shit < 0 it is still real. Or would you say that "-e" for example isn't real because -e < 0?
4JORMA
If shit < 0, it doesn't "get" real. :)
uzerok
True, but even if shit > 0 it doesn't "get" real because in both cases it already "is" :).