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[–]azizam213 710 points711 points ago

What happens if you square i... Shit gets real

[–]nivarius 167 points168 points ago

Doesn't it beco- Ohhhh, that was a nice one.

[–]Sacamato 136 points137 points ago

I thought that one was rather negative.

[–]Rubba-D 43 points44 points ago

I'm ashamed to say I didn't get it :(

[–]burton_comics 70 points71 points ago

square root of -1 is an imaginary number.

if you square it, you get -1 (a real number)

[–]teeelo 52 points53 points ago

Why can number 8 see him and no one else?

[–]jephjol 63 points64 points ago

Because he is his imaginary friend.

[–]teeelo 84 points85 points ago

Hmm, I was hoping for some sort of quirky math answer

[–]Houndie 29 points30 points ago

They're punning on the fact that sqrt(-1) is an "imaginary number" and the idea of an "imaginary friend"

[–]zzaman 18 points19 points ago

I thought it was 'Infinity' and people mistook him for '8'.[5]

Shit, no wonder it's eyes were properly oriented.

[–]THEmasterENT 8 points9 points ago

Technically the rest can see them. The radical over the -1 may yield an imaginary number for an answer, but radical(-1) is no different than radical(2) only changes the answer. He should be shown as a "i" and then it would make more sense. If i2 is -1, then radical(-1) is the same as -11/2

[–]tdarh 18 points19 points ago

because its crazy eight

[–]eastsideski 11 points12 points ago

[–]machetegolden 3 points4 points ago

who knew you could get reddit gold simply from stealing XKCD jokes?

[–]Wasting_Away_Online 4 points5 points ago

OH SHIT! HE JUST POPPED OUT OF NO WHERE!

[–]vxx 199 points200 points ago

So I get

i = radical(-1)

, but why can the 8 see it out of all real numbers?

[–]NMushroom 229 points230 points ago

It's an imaginary number, I guess the 8 is imagining it.

[–]roque72 472 points473 points ago

8 is a Hawaiian Mormon who plays football at Notre Dame

[–]BenAdaephonDelat 2 points3 points ago

That made me laugh way too hard. I think I broke something.

[–]MKE_abroad 10 points11 points ago

Would have been great if it was a 5 that saw the imaginary number.

[–]rainbowwheel 36 points37 points ago

which would make 'i' his imaginary girlfriend who died recently

[–]TyrannosaurusRev 6 points7 points ago

but then it turns out it was all a wicked conspiracy and 8 admits he only spoke to 'i' over the phone and the 'i'nternet....see what 'i' did there?

[–]CrumpledForeskin 21 points22 points ago

ding ding ding we have a winner

[–]gm4 5 points6 points ago

Dammit, I spent about 5 minutes thinking "all those god damn tests and you can't figure out why 8 can see an imaginary number.

[–]StewieBanana 47 points48 points ago

Because Eight's a loser with no real friends...Everybody knows this.

[–]AREYOUSauRuS 35 points36 points ago

7's the one without friends..... Everybody knows this.

[–]StewieBanana 62 points63 points ago

Seven's a bully who doesn't need friends. Eight's the loner with the weird identity crisis. He's like "wtf am I a number or a verb?"

[–]Kingy_who 30 points31 points ago

He's never been the same after the mysterious disappearance of 9.

[–]LuLSac 16 points17 points ago

Not since the accident

[–]tigerstorms 7 points8 points ago

you mean when 7, eight 9?

[–]HickoryDickoryDank 10 points11 points ago

That was no accident

[–]NailgunYeah 5 points6 points ago

that was no accident

[–]BigAndDelicious 4 points5 points ago

And the One's all like "wtf am I a number or trying to get into the united states to support my family?"

[–]slicksps 3 points4 points ago

Four has an even bigger problem

[–]Jasnor 2 points3 points ago

That is only when you compare them to 6, who is perfect.

[–]reddit4rockyt 2 points3 points ago

But when I lie down I am biggest of them all.

[–]Boltoutoftheblue 23 points24 points ago

His nose and his upper lip are playing basketball

[–]No_ThisIs_Patrick 2 points3 points ago

Someone edited that out in a more recent, better version of that gif.

[–]Akintudne 2 points3 points ago

Cannot unsee.

[–]AREYOUSauRuS 2 points3 points ago

after so many times of Mr. Tennant's gif bringing the feels... today it brings the smirk.

[–]slicksps 6 points7 points ago

Nobody liked 7 since 7 8 9

[–]jake1295 2 points3 points ago

Not since the accident

[–]madusa77 0 points1 point ago

Because he ate 9?

[–]PsychoticMormon 2 points3 points ago

It's because seven ate nine.

His friend went crazy and cannablized his other friend, so one is dead and the other is primed in jail.

[–]FallenEzek 45 points46 points ago

Either it is his 'imaginary' friend or it is possible that since 8 on it's side is infinity that it would in theory include all numbers even the imaginary numbers, but that is a stretch.

[–]vxx 14 points15 points ago

Sure, it is the "imaginary" friend. Lost in translation. I thought about the 8 as infinity but that looked too far fetched to me.

Thank you

[–]p4bl0 4 points5 points ago

Infinity doesn't include imaginary numbers.

[–]NOTHING_SEXUAL_HERE 36 points37 points ago

As a math major, I always fucking groan out loud when people say these things.

What type of infinity are you talking about?

[–]homelesspieceofshit 18 points19 points ago

How do you know who the math majors are? Don't worry, they'll tell you.

[–]kyzfrintin 15 points16 points ago

Him being a maths major was relevant to the discussion.

[–]superior_taste 23 points24 points ago

How do you know who [any-fucking-one] are? Don't worry, they'll tell you.

This is how fucking annoying this meme is.

Edit: I ain't even a math major.

[–]JustLikeMyDick 8 points9 points ago

As [someone], I am offended. I shall therefore not go deeper into this discussion.

[–]svullenballe 2 points3 points ago

And you just had to tell us?

[–]Lost4468 2 points3 points ago

He even tells us in his username.

[–]seledorn 7 points8 points ago

depending on what type of infinity you're looking at.. It may, it may not.

a video on the subject

[–]okokyah 6 points7 points ago

Because it's a shitty joke

[–]drunkcowofdeath 18 points19 points ago

[–]Bluedemonfox 5 points6 points ago

Because 8 looks like the symbol for infinity? And infinity isn't really a number but a concept.

[–]HeathenVegan 1 point2 points ago

8i = (2i)3

[–]PoorlyBuilt 80 points81 points ago

I'm sure nobody likes Pi because his behavior is irrational.

[–]ares_god_not_sign 58 points59 points ago

And nobody likes 9 because he's a square.

[–]Shonuff8 54 points55 points ago

I'd make a joke about "e", but that would be so derivative.

[–]ares_god_not_sign 27 points28 points ago

I think you could make a joke about e. You could also go for a joke about positive integers. They both sound natural, though in different ways.

[–]StymieGray 22 points23 points ago

As long as the joke stays positive.

[–]dzhoe 40 points41 points ago

27

[–]L4MB 36 points37 points ago

I appreciate you trying to integrate yourself into the conversation.

[–]boredmessiah 3 points4 points ago

Keep him out of this, he's a constant pain.

[–]vaguefuelsupply 14 points15 points ago

This is too complex for me.

[–]Omnighost 16 points17 points ago

Past your limit is it?

[–]happysteve 4 points5 points ago

[–]Se7en_Sinner 12 points13 points ago

[–]StewieBanana 21 points22 points ago

Because he exists perpendicularly to their dimension of existence, duuuuuhh! 8 can obviously see numbers for their magnitude, not just their superficial vector quantity like those other asshole numbers.

[–]M1chaM 7 points8 points ago

"i" has a vector quantity too

[–]StewieBanana 5 points6 points ago

Yeah well, I was joking that real numbers would ignore imaginary ones for having a direction perpendicular to them (on the complex plane) because they would consider their direction to be the only one that matters (Which I was saying is quite superficial). So I wasn't saying that imaginary numbers don't have a vector value, I was joking that real numbers wouldn't care about that.

[–]mathwz89 7 points8 points ago

[–]seven2eight 0 points1 point ago

Needs more attention. Not From Concentrate was a great comic that also ran in The University of Maryland Diamondback for a while.

[–]bumpymaker 26 points27 points ago

i and pi walk into a bar.

Pi says to i, "get real"; i says to pi, "be rational" har har har

[–]Nero920 2 points3 points ago

Why are they walking into a bar? Also I have this shirt. Chicks love it (I think).

[–]RedditWithoutReason 291 points292 points ago

Wanna hear another joke.

Why is 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 ate 9.

I'll be here all week.

[–]CaptainCCupcake 303 points304 points ago

What did 0 say to 8? Nice belt

[–]DopamineDependent 61 points62 points ago

Why didn't the two 4's feel like dinner? Because they already 8

[–]Jyon 43 points44 points ago

I resent this. Both fours are their own person. They are just two, independent, freethinking 4's. They are not one 8.

[–]LastRedCoat 238 points239 points ago

╔═════════════════ ೋღ☃ღೋ ════════════════╗

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Repost this if ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ you are a beautiful strong independent four ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ who don’t need no other four ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

╚═════════════════ ೋღ☃ღೋ ════════════════╝

[–]woopledoer 129 points130 points ago

Lik dis if u divide evrytim.

[–]Senorhip 12 points13 points ago

i need another four...

[–]factoid_ 12 points13 points ago

Best I can do is five.

[–]jakfischer 219 points220 points ago

8008135

[–]dotheraptor37 222 points223 points ago

NSFW

[–]DeeKan 41 points42 points ago

Yea wtf, I'm at work and almost got fired.

[–]louismagoo 72 points73 points ago

It should be 5318008. Someone didn't spend enough time goofing off in jr. high....

[–]SalamanderSylph 39 points40 points ago

Kids these days try it on their iPhones and the darned screen rotates for them... I tell ya'...

[–]didntVoteObama 5 points6 points ago

Fair enough, but someone else didn't spend enough time giggling at his Odometer in his car. miles: 80,085 with a tripmeter of 101

[–]helvisg0d 21 points22 points ago

8675309 Jenny

[–]shet7968 4 points5 points ago

In school I could only ever figure out how spell 80085. You were smarter than me...

[–]FartButton 13 points14 points ago

Why did 68 and 70 feel mutually satisfied?

[–]tehchives 4 points5 points ago

Uh, why?

[–]ShitRandyHates 11 points12 points ago

Ask your mother.

[–]eyjafjallajoekull 21 points22 points ago

"What's an anagram of Banach-Tarski?"

"Banach-Tarski Banach-Tarski."

[–]StymieGray 28 points29 points ago

Explain this like I'm 5

[–]L4MB 19 points20 points ago

I didn't know, so I looked it up on the Internet!

The basic joke is that an anagram is usually a rearrangement of the letters in a word to form another word. This plays on the Banach-Tarski theorum that something can be rearranged into two copies of the original, hence the anagram of Banach-Tarski being simply the same words twice.

[–]eyjafjallajoekull 15 points16 points ago

There's a theorem called the Banach-Tarski paradox that states that given a sufficiently solid ball composed of an infinite amount of non-overlapping points, you can, after partitioning them into a finite amount of subsets, rearrange them in a way so that you ultimately end up with two identical balls of the same size as the original. Remember that an anagram is defined as something that rearranges a word's letters to generate another. It follows that, for this joke's sake, "Banach Tarski Banach Tarski" is an anagram of "Banach Tarski"

[–]geoponos 35 points36 points ago

If I was 5, I wouldn't like you.

[–]FuckingTornadoes 16 points17 points ago

Yea, he's a poo poo head.

[–]gerald_bostock 5 points6 points ago

What does the B in Benoit B. Mandelbrot stand for?

Benoit B. Mandelbrot

[–]neoKushan 6 points7 points ago

...I don't get this. What is it I'm being thick about?

EDIT: Duurr. I get it now. An 8 is like an 0 wearing a belt! There we go.

[–]AINTNOBODYGOTTIMEFOR 2 points3 points ago

actually have not heard that joke before. nice one

[–]lolowhat 2 points3 points ago

08 is my goddamn area code :(

[–]Par25 9 points10 points ago

I heard 7 was just high on bath salts.

[–]MOLDY_QUEEF_BARF 21 points22 points ago

Here's another version.

Why was 6 afraid of 7?

Because 7 was a registered "six" offender.

[–]fuzzyjedi 32 points33 points ago

Alternately: because 7 raped 6 when she was 5.

[–]DiggingNoMore 24 points25 points ago

C'mon, it's been a year, get over it.

[–]therealpmom 43 points44 points ago

[–]RCP1990 2 points3 points ago

facepalm

[–]Se7en_Sinner 4 points5 points ago

Tip the veal and try your waitress.

...and I did no such thing.

[–]clownballs 3 points4 points ago

Why aren't jokes in base 8 funny? Because 7 10 11!

[–]nitwittery 10 points11 points ago

Alternative: Because 7 was a six offender.

[–]RedditWithoutReason 19 points20 points ago

I remember it as:

Why is 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 is after sex.

Get it? 7 comes after 6. Six and sex. Oh man I kill myself.

[–]jake1295 44 points45 points ago

Please do.

[–]Kabakov 2 points3 points ago

The number six is actually called "sex" in Swedish. Which in turn makes it possible for us to count our way to sex.

[–]SolarGoat 3 points4 points ago

Also,

Why is 6 afraid of 7?
Because 7 is a registered six-offender.

[–]Koalapottamus 19 points20 points ago

For me the square root of -1 is j

[–]L4MB 8 points9 points ago

me too. Electricity!

[–]TheSpot94 17 points18 points ago

[–]wtps 5 points6 points ago

7 is holding a party for all the numbers. 8 and 6 are there, 12,21 and -5 are chilling. 9 took 17 home early as he started to throw up. In the corner is e all by himself so 6, being the good guy he is, wanders over to check if he's okay. He asks why e isn't having any fun to which e replies:

"well, I tried integrating but nothing changed"

Thank you

[–]JonnyMarcell 3 points4 points ago

[–]Loki-L 9 points10 points ago

[–]RadiantSun 9 points10 points ago

Why was 3 afraid of 5? Because 5 8 13!

[–]ZombieWolf2508 1 point2 points ago

Someone please explain -_-

[–]heyivebeenthere 10 points11 points ago

Oh man, I haven't had a math class in too long..... this is sad but funny.

[–]tmlangen 23 points24 points ago

I get the joke, but maybe someone should explain it anyway. I could explain, but I gotta run. Someone else explain the joke please.

[–]brownman94 25 points26 points ago

If you're serious: the square root of a negative numbers are called imaginary numbers.

[–]winesti 4 points5 points ago

So it doesn't really have anything to do with 8 in particular then?

[–]Masema 11 points12 points ago

The square root of -1 is an imaginary number. If 8's new friend is √-1, no one else would be able to see it.

The title says that "i" would be its friend, because i is the symbol used to represent the imaginary number √-1.

[–]Skaevola 2 points3 points ago

"j" would be his friend

[–]p3risteronic 2 points3 points ago

Incredibly overused comic, but kudos for the title.

[–]Oslolosen 0 points1 point ago

Math humour, the saddest kind of humour.

[–]silentkiller082 2 points3 points ago

First math joke I ever laughed at.

[–]BEyouTH 1 point2 points ago

awww that's adorable!

[–]patrickowtf 3 points4 points ago

math

[–]Crisnmp 7 points8 points ago

not even once

[–]jonramz 4 points5 points ago

it's Manti Te'o's girlfriend!

[–]Pman318 2 points3 points ago

This was funny. I'm going to go ahead and assume that whoever down voted hasn't passed intermediate algebra yet.

[–]kyzfrintin 3 points4 points ago

Wow. Almost as bad as YouTube comments.

[–]pitta_bread 0 points1 point ago

That further maths exam today was a bitch

[–]Razed 0 points1 point ago

What math textbook did you pull this out of?

[–]leftnotracks 1 point2 points ago

Reminds me of a very lame xkcd done by a guest artist, the same guy who does the very lame and predictable Foxtrot.

[–]my_cock_in_barack -1 points0 points ago

because seven ate nine! get it?

[–]mermadon 0 points1 point ago

The question we should all be asking ourselves is: Why can 8 see him?

[–]Se7en_Sinner 0 points1 point ago

Why didn't the two 4's feel like dinner?

Because they already 8.

[–]ZachIsMe1533 1 point2 points ago

I upvoted for the title. Har de har har

[–]radcon18 0 points1 point ago

That took me WAY too long to get...

[–]ikechillz -1 points0 points ago

I don't get it! ... ... Math is hard.

[–]DatAssociate -1 points0 points ago

inb4 Chris Brown joke..

[–]Quadly 1 point2 points ago

But Manti Te'o's number is 5...?

[–]fairwayks 0 points1 point ago

What did the zero say to the eight?

"Nice belt!"

[–]I_b_legit 0 points1 point ago

Upvote for clever title.

[–]Spruxy 1 point2 points ago

The limit does not exist?

[–]cornball1111 0 points1 point ago

at first i thought that the 8 was standing infront of the three so noone could see him and radical -1 was an irrational number so he couldnt figure it out.

[–]a_bloo_bloo 0 points1 point ago

I don't know how to feel about laughing at this

[–]rasmus9311 0 points1 point ago

Took forever for me to find out that the weird things between them were their eyes from behind.

[–]Quaternions 0 points1 point ago

Haha!

[–]rj2896 0 points1 point ago

As someone who sucks at math...I don't get it.

[–]Cakesmite 0 points1 point ago

I'm going to show this to my math teacher right away.

[–]amoebius 0 points1 point ago

Can only 8 see sqrt(-1) because of her nightly secret transfinite identity? Actually, 8 could use this power at any time, if only she would lie down and think about it for a moment. Well, not a moment, since that's 90 seconds... But like an infinitesimal amount of time, anyway.

[–]tosta -1 points0 points ago

Should have used 1 instead of 8.

[–]jazzcatdrp -1 points0 points ago

ITT: Number puns…oh lawdy there's some number puns.

[–]7ewis 1 point2 points ago

A-Level maths has helped me understand a joke, wow!

[–]mamahamster -1 points0 points ago

Shouldn't the 8 be a 5? I thought Manti Te'o is #5!

[–]JayK1026 1 point2 points ago

Problem Solved: Manti Teo's girlfriend was just an improper square root

[–]zeroone 0 points1 point ago

The words "imaginary" and "theory" in the context of math and science respectively are confusing.

[–]spoonintheroad 0 points1 point ago

8 could also be the infinity symbol...

[–]bobdolespole 1 point2 points ago

Manti Te'o would be his friend.

[–]NotVerySmarts 0 points1 point ago

What did the number 0 say to the number 8?

Nice belt, fuckface.

[–]gordonator 1 point2 points ago

I'll leave this here.

[–]xXFatesXx 0 points1 point ago

LOLOL!! math jokes :F

[–]Vannysh 0 points1 point ago

Math is hard

[–]Fredarius 0 points1 point ago

GOLD

[–]RedZaturn 2 points3 points ago

√-1 23 (+) 3.14. And it was delicous.

[–]boonhet 0 points1 point ago

Yay, I got this.

[–]zeroone 0 points1 point ago

I 1 the sandbox.

[–]utdleague 0 points1 point ago

Jesus Reddit you're such a fuckin nerd...

[–]Get_Violated 1 point2 points ago

This is the first time I've seen anything math related on /r/funny that manages to actually be funny.

[–]Kronzyy 0 points1 point ago

In 10th grade I had to make a comic strip for geometry and I found something like this on google. So did everyone else in the class.

[–]notg3orge 1 point2 points ago

8 is imagining it.

i is an imaginary number.

you're welcome.

[–]Drewbus 0 points1 point ago

"i" would be him

[–]x667x 1 point2 points ago

Oh my god. I'm to fucking dumb to get this. Calling out of work the rest of the week now.

[–]sqrt-1loveyou -1 points0 points ago

I approve of this post.

[–]Fritzzzz 0 points1 point ago

All numbers are imaginary so to be legit they should all not be seeing each other.

[–]Koin3190 0 points1 point ago

this joke is too smart for me :(

[–]asianwaste 1 point2 points ago

No one would have liked him anyways. He's one negative square.

[–]Hubertoi 0 points1 point ago

why can 8 see him

[–]zodar 1 point2 points ago

Congratulations on the punchliniest title I've seen yet.

[–]TheMusicDied 1 point2 points ago

Eh....yeah, totally!

I completely get this joke like everyone else and it is so funny, right guys? Man those numbers and that...squiggly line thing with a negative 1 in it...what a bunch of characters!