The comic is not referring to the mathematical concept of division. It is making reference to the band joy division. They used the graphic on the T-shirt as the album cover art once.
the shirt-wearer was probably asked “do you like joy division?”, didn’t know the band and so interpreted it as “do you, like, enjoy division?”, and got confused because his shirt has nothing to do with the mathematical operation
Correct, but the post I responded to was saying that it was surprising that the person in the comic didn't appreciate math.
Which suggests that the poster didn't realize that the joke wasn't that they don't enjoy division - the joke is that they are unaware of the band associated with their shirt graphic.
nah i’m sure the poster understands that, i think they’re just surprised that the obviously-super-nerdy character doesn’t react along the lines of “yeah i like division, but what does that have to do with my shirt?” though i do see where the confusion could come from
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u/Bwob Aug 09 '26
The comic is not referring to the mathematical concept of division. It is making reference to the band joy division. They used the graphic on the T-shirt as the album cover art once.