Pythagoreans: Numbers are always perfect and elegantly fit everywhere. Also, magic and weird shit.

Hippasus: Yeah but like… Hold my kykeon.

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Edit: Extra bonus: 16th century edition:

Them: You can’t take the square root of a negative number.

Rafael Bombelli: Yeah but like imagine if you could…

Them: …but you can’t.

Rafael Bombelli: Yeah but like imagine if you could…

Them: You really gotta lay off the ladanaum.

Rafael Bombelli: Yeah but like just imagine… passes out

Is this about the secret math parties in ships?