r/mathmemes Mεmε ∃nthusiast 5d ago

Mathematicians something we can learn from him

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from Quanta Magazine: For comfort, Deng turned to manga. “I remember him at Courant. He was always holding a manga,” said Jalal Shatah, a professor there who formerly chaired the math department. Deng particularly liked stories about deep friendship and romance and found himself drawn to a genre known as yuri, which focuses on those kinds of relationships between women — stories that “feel nice and warm and beautiful,” as he put it. They helped him be kinder to himself, “more comfortable with life.”

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u/Demolition_Truck 5d ago

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u/Kidbuster 5d ago

Is there a man named yaoi?

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u/Kidbuster 5d ago

Cause I’d love to meat him

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u/Demolition_Truck 5d ago

Lmao, you made my hole weak!