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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.
itakeawalkonthewildside
Just give me a secant... I'll get it.
w3ll3r33
so we now have negative shit?
Dandoch1080
Dat caption...Can we be friends?
HaveYouAcceptedPeterCapaldiAsYourNewTimelordAndSavior
hahahahahahhhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahha THIS.
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!
Lisaismyawesomename
i laughed so hard at the picture then noticed the caption!! wish i could give you two upvotes op :P
OdaCaterino
yea I got dat.
shadowchild2089
as someone who has a minor in math without graduating BHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA.
sotiredsoverytired
Keeping (i)t unreal...
Wiruz
No, minus shit just got real.
iEatPopcorn
irrational shit is hard to deal with, especially when it hits the fan
MrsRosebud13
I can't math...
MocBoc
I'd argue that -shit just got real, after being turned imaginary for the brief duration between P and E in PEMDAS.
westcoastwildcat
I laughed far too hard at this
gmdave
Used to be iShit
SolsticeViper
Math isn't my strong point, and I still find this hilarious.
senefen
√(-1) 2^3 ∑ π.
senefen
And it was delicious.
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.
SteveDart
Cos you just don't get it.
DemNaders
Imgur's off on a tangent.
tallley
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
hawaiianpig
Shut up Pam
StirFriday
HOLY SHITSNACKS
jadedimgurian
I like you
jaydoxtator
i acctually get it haha because the square root of a negitive is imaginary but when you square it its real hahaha
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.
uzerok
When you are a physics major you will understand that this is technically wrong.
Chalkary
I really don't think being a physics major is anywhere near the requirement to understand this joke
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.
TheDerpFace
I'm ashamed to admit I read 'sqrt' as 'squirt' two times before I realised it meant square root.
IDontKnowWhatUsernameToPick
I was looking for someone else who noticed this!
WellBehavedZombie
Agreed, but the real question is what answer to the question in complex form!?
pdp1
Shit got imaginary, and then shit just got real!
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" :).
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!
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
gonchio
I think the imgurians are engineers or have no profession mostly
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
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.
IveGotALovelyBunchOfPawPaws
Plot Twist : Shit is imaginary and squaring the the square root of negative shit still leaves imaginary shit.
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
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
stfuorillthrowmycatatyou
That's what I was thinking...
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.
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
Yaaaaaayyy math! :D
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.
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!