A Snag!
Hitting a snag in a problem: the non-mathematician burns the page, while the mathematician calmly works through draft after draft.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-09-20-a-snag/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
"A snag! Oh no! What do I do?" → Non-mathematician: sets the paper on fire. → Mathematician: calmly tries draft after draft, papers scattered at their feet.