Bad Math Jokes

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The thread revolves around sharing and discussing bad math jokes, with participants contributing various humorous anecdotes, puns, and references to mathematical concepts and figures. The scope includes light-hearted jokes, memes, and playful interactions related to mathematics and its terminology.

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  • Some participants share jokes, such as the sailor knot joke and various puns related to mathematics and knot theory.
  • Others reference mathematical concepts like Kruskal's tree theorem and the busy beaver function in a humorous context.
  • There are jokes involving famous figures in mathematics, such as Pythagoras, and playful takes on mathematical expressions.
  • Some participants engage in discussions about the humor in probability problems and the implications of certain mathematical scenarios.
  • Several jokes reference popular culture, including Doctor Who, and the humor derived from misunderstandings or wordplay.
  • Participants also mention historical comedic references, such as Abbott and Costello, and their relevance to math humor.

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Participants generally share a light-hearted approach to the topic, contributing jokes and humorous observations. However, there is no consensus on which jokes are the best or most effective, and the humor is subjective, leading to a variety of interpretations and responses.

Contextual Notes

Some jokes rely on specific mathematical knowledge or cultural references that may not be universally understood, which could limit their accessibility to all participants.

Who May Find This Useful

This discussion may be of interest to those who enjoy mathematics, humor, and wordplay, as well as fans of popular culture references related to math.

  • #241
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  • #242
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  • #244
DrClaude said:
Shouldn't that be "square glass"?
No, because then it would be a square root beer, not a root beer squared.
 
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  • #245
I cosine this joke. Even though it is a bit of a tangent, I like the angle:

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  • #246
jack action said:
I cosine this joke. Even though it is a bit of a tangent, I like the angle:

I ##r=1-\cos\phi## this joke.
 
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  • #247
I don't know if it's a real discussion but it did make me laugh:

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  • #248
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  • #249
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Tooltip: "So what do we do when we get to base 10? Do we use A, B, C, etc? No: Numbers larger than about 3.6 million are simply illegal."
 
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  • #250
What do you get if you cross a mountain climber with a mosquito?

Nothing, you can't cross a scalar with a vector.
 
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  • #251
Oh, my. ... Based on that, I just made this one up.

What do you get when you cross a rotten apple with an angry baboon?

Apple: \vec a
Baboon: \vec b

<br /> \vec a \times \vec b = <br /> \begin{vmatrix}<br /> \hat x &amp; \hat y &amp; \hat z \\<br /> a_x &amp; a_y &amp; a_z \\<br /> b_x &amp; b_y &amp; b_z \\<br /> \end{vmatrix}<br /> <br /> = (a_y b_z - a_z b_y) \hat x + (a_z b_x - a_x b_z) \hat y + (a_x b_y - a_y b_x) \hat z<br />
 
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  • #252
There are 3 types of people in the world. Those that can add and those that can't.
 
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  • #253
Old but gold. There are ten kinds of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don't.
 
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  • #254
nuuskur said:
Old but gold. There are ten kinds of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don't.
Apologies for being a downer here, but this one's better if you actually write out the numbers: "There are 10 kinds of ..."

It's a matter of representation and pronunciation (verbalization might be a better term here). When switching bases, the numerical representation of the numbers may change, but their names don't. "10" is not "ten" in binary, it's still "two," and spoken of as such. In binary, ten is 1010.
 
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  • #258
Unfortunately sin(pi e) =~ 0.774. You need to eat 1/e of a pi e.
 
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  • #259
This one took me way too long to figure out...

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  • #260
berkeman said:
This one took me way too long to figure out...

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I don't get it :cry:

Edit: I get it now. But I'll leave the crying emoji because onions...
 
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  • #261
Pi is 1/5th of the way through...
 
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  • #269
Infinitely many mathematicians walk into a bar. The first says, "I'll have a beer." The second says, "I'll have half a beer." The third says, "I'll have a quarter of a beer."

The barman pulls out just two beers. The mathematicians are all like, "That's all you're giving us? How drunk do you expect us to get on that?"

The bartender says, "Come on guys. Know your limits."


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  • #270
This one actually happened, told by a prof.of mine, prof X. One of the prof's students wrote a paper, in which he stated that everything in Mathematics he knew was thanks to Prof X. The paper was full of errors.
 
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