Bring Him into Close Contact with His Opposite
A mob boss with a pure math degree asks his henchman to "eliminate" someone, meaning: pair him with his additive inverse, so they cancel to zero.
Transcript
[1] Mobster: "I want you to… 'eliminate'… this guy. Understand?" Henchman: "I think so. You mean murder, right?"
[2] "Heavens no! I mean, bring him into close contact with his opposite!" "I always forget your degree is in pure math."
Content note: Mob 'eliminate' joke (implied murder, played for laughs).
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-09-03-bring-him-into-close-contact-with-his-opposite/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)