mathematics

Math is difficult. Sometimes math is more difficult than we ever imagined. This thread of different Tumblr users trying and failing in hilarious fashion to do some (simple) math just escapes comprehension. 

And people out there said that math doesn't have any real world applications. It's fun to see just how strange things can turn out when one crunches the numbers on various real world instances that quite simply were never intended to be meticulously deconstructed. If you enjoy these, check out the time that a Tumblr user crunched the numbers to determine the exact date of Ice Cube's, "Good Day."

Man, when anyone posts a wholesome meme they put themselves in the situation where other, potentially more mean spirited folks online will do as they do to make everyone else feel just a bit worse about themselves. Thus could be the case for this situation where a dude runs the sad numbers on the chances of anyone finding a soulmate. He says he has a better chance at winning the Mega Millions. Ouch. 

You might feel like your back in math class after getting caught up in this equation. Seemingly simple enough on the surface, it has stirred up quite the controversy on Twitter. People can't seem to agree, and some suggest that it's pretty much impossible to solve because the parenthesis is incorrect. What do you guys think? Is it in fact 1 OR 16. 

If you take the trouble to post a wholesome meme, you better ready yourself for the bored and outright mean spirited individuals to deconstruct the meme and make everyone feel bad about themselves. It was already an aggressive estimate for this dude to assume that only 1% of the people in the world find him unattractive. But what else should we do, but take his word for it...

For some people the path to solving a seemingly simple math problem can be all kinds of complicated. It's funny how difficult we make it for ourselves to crunch them numbers, but sometimes that's the only way. 

It's really difficult, guys...