this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2025
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Anti Meme

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We're the anti-meme community where the joke is that there isn't one, and by explaining that, we've ruined the whole thing, but we all find the collective misery hilarious.

The music of comedy is more important than the joke itself.

Follow the instance rules please, this is a lovely instance.

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[–] ragingHungryPanda@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

how do you know that x+y=w+z? isn't that already assuming that they are equal? what if they're one degree off?

[–] f314@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As the teacher would tell you: read the entire problem before answering! (It says so in the problem)

[–] ragingHungryPanda@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

dammit nothing changes 😂

[–] Sas@beehaw.org 11 points 1 month ago

Because we read the question: if x+y=w+z, prove...

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

isn't that already assuming that they are equal?

The problem asks us to make this assumption.