Slacker Math
Split panel: one stick figure panics at a coach's demand for 110% effort; the other happily agrees, privately noting that 110% of zero is still zero.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2016-10-24-slacker-math/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
[Header] Regular Math | Slacker Math
[Regular] "Give 110%? I can't! It's impossible!" (thinks: "This coach is out of his mind!")
[Slacker] "110%. Sure thing, coach." (thinks: "110% of zero is still zero.")
