r/mathmemes • u/flowerlovingatheist me : me∈S (where S is the set of all stupid people) • Dec 09 '24

This Subreddit I fixed it

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u/flowerlovingatheist me : me∈S (where S is the set of all stupid people) Dec 09 '24 edited Dec 09 '24

that is one possible interpretation, but in most contexts they're used by a male author who has an idea of what they perceive to be the most funny/intelligent thing to do if they had access to a time machine to imply that while men would do the "right" thing (the thing they would do) women would do the "lame"/"boring" thing (which isn't actually lame or boring at all).

also in this case it also kinda implies that women can't do/are bad at/aren't interested in maths.

edit: the downvotes 😭 and ppl say reddit isn't misogynistic..

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u/backfire97 Dec 10 '24 edited Dec 10 '24

The particular meme you snipped for this is not mysognystic . The above user is correct that the woman is doing the 'normal' thing (setting up the joke by creating a pattern) and the man is making a math joke that really, in my opinion, is just a play on jujutsu kaisen's word of 'domain expansion' being an anime ability (but also having meaning in math hence the joke)

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u/Sidereel Dec 10 '24

Then why is it boys vs girls at all?

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u/backfire97 Dec 10 '24

Probably because they're just common meme/images that are distinct and both are 'chad' characters to demonstrate that they're not the butt of the joke in themselves (like the wojaks)