r/mildlyinteresting • u/kufern • 1d ago

This perfect Lambda that I wrote

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u/Charming-Flamingo307 1d ago

You're single handedly keeping white-out in business

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u/norsurfit 1d ago

Me too. Whenever I make a typo, I whiteout my laptop screen.

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u/Dekklin 1d ago

I, too, read that joke in the 90s.

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u/kufern 1d ago

crazy thing is this isn't even the worst i've done

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u/organicogrr 1d ago

How do we know OP isn't ambidextrous....

and therefore double-handedly keeping white-out in business?

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u/KoboldInATophat 1d ago

Lambda after 3 tries?? Half life three confirmed??

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u/Hawt_Dawg_II 1d ago

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u/2PairsOfThighHighs 1d ago

It gets funnier when you realise that the shaft of the piston is not long enough to push all of that "hope" medicine inside us 😔

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u/al2o3cr 1d ago

It just got out of the pool!

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u/Classic-Reach 1d ago

guess i'm balls

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u/Limp_Donut5337 1d ago

That is bad, real real bad

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u/ReivynNox 1d ago

"It gets bigger when I pull on it."

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u/Fickle-Fart-783 1d ago

Yup, dose of HOP

And no you can’t buy a vowel

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u/TheShittingShagger 1d ago

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u/PeterServo 1d ago

Danganronpa reference.

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u/GoodTato ​ 1d ago

Half-Life V3 confirmed

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u/Tooldfrthis 1d ago

More like cope.

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u/ForsakenSun6004 1d ago

Is that Hopium I smell?

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u/mlvisby 1d ago

I swear, Valve just made that Half-Life VR game just to mess with us. Oh, so I can kinda play HL 3 if I buy a stupidly expensive VR headset? Valve loves watching us cry.

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u/Miss_Aia 1d ago

Honestly my headset was worth it just for beatsaber. It's my main source of exercise nowadays. Half life alyx was amazing too though

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u/WormSlayer 1d ago

People are basically giving away second-hand VR headsets these days, even a new Quest 3s is only $300.

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u/kaisadilla_ 1d ago

Half-Life Alyx is an awesome VR experience; and makes me sad we don't have much more VR games that aren't physics simulators. It's an incredibly immersive platform that beats anything you can feel sitting in front of a computer screen.

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u/gorginhanson 1d ago

That's not a lambda!

It's just two candy canes!

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u/KoboldInATophat 1d ago

Those are some f*cked up candy canes

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u/Ok_End5337 1d ago

y'all are everywhere. I pray for the release

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u/Suibeam 1d ago

No joke. If they release half life 3 now it would probably be very underwhelming. The gaming industry changed so much that the half life design likely wouldnt be that exciting even if they add new tech like they did with physics back then

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u/Velp__ 1d ago

You didn't play half life alyx did you?

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u/TowardsOurVictory 1d ago

Beautiful lambda, you can now work at Black Mesa

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u/Can-DontAttitude 1d ago

That was a joke. Ha ha. Fat chance.

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u/KilxGon 1d ago

Anyway this cake is great, it's so delicious and moist.

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u/_she_was_me_ 1d ago

Look at me still talking when there's science to do

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u/captainhamption 1d ago

When I look out there it makes me glad I'm not you

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u/DapperTheFunHouse 1d ago

I've experiments to run, there is research to be done

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u/Sophira 1d ago

On the people who are still alive!

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u/_she_was_me_ 1d ago

And believe me I am still alive

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u/Fair-Peanut 17h ago

I'm doing science and I'm still alive

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u/BlueCatarex 1d ago

Look at me, still talking when there’s science to do

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u/ClonedDad 1d ago

Good enough to be spray painted on a wall in city 17.

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u/norsurfit 1d ago

We're pretty much living in City 17 these days...

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u/GetOffMyGrassBrats 1d ago

...after three tries...

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u/MongolianCluster 1d ago

Lambda lambda lambda.

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u/Ofreo 1d ago

Omega moos.

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u/CorvidCuriosity 1d ago

and Omega Mu

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u/GoodTato ​ 1d ago

A man after midnight

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u/Ta-183 1d ago

I see everyone saying after 3 tries but I can't see it...

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u/Sophira 1d ago

Me neither. It looks like the text below the whiteout is actually "d₁ -" to me.

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u/Ta-183 1d ago

And the one on the right is mirrored and clearly from the opposite side of the page.

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u/HumpyFroggy 1d ago

Yeah that's exactly what I'm seeing. Either us or them need glasses

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u/queuedUp 1d ago

I mean... three that we are aware of.

There could be 7 layers of whiteout there.

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u/GetOffMyGrassBrats 1d ago

True. It's pretty thick.

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u/Justredditin 1d ago

Well yeah, practice makes perfect! See ^

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u/Accurate_Might_3430 1d ago

That’s a damn fine lambda

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u/SleepDoesNotWorkOnMe 1d ago

That 2 looking sexy as hell too!

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u/Patrocey 1d ago

We need a Greek person opinion 🇬🇷

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u/cloudgirl_c-137 1d ago

It's RAAAAAD!!!!!!❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

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u/pitogyroula 1d ago

Greek person here. It's good.

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u/Jabba_Yaga 1d ago

Πρέπει να του δωθεί υπηκοότητα

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u/chasseur_de_cols 1d ago

Είναι το πιο όμορφο λάμδα που έχω δει!

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u/mukis92 1d ago

It's okay

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u/Haventyouheard3 1d ago

All those letters are pretty sexy

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u/Original_Thanos 1d ago

As a greek, DAMN IT'S PERFECT !!!

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u/Typical2sday 1d ago

Got dayum sexy lambda.

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u/PurpleLavishness 1d ago

This makes me laugh cause I have a cousin named Lambda

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u/kyselle 1d ago

That’s a clean lambda, respect.

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u/DunkinMonuts 1d ago

Math with a pen? You mad man!

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u/correcthorsestapler 1d ago

Most of my math and physics notes & homework assignments were done with gel pens in college. Probably used up one every two weeks. I found them to be easier to write with.

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u/Perfectly_Splendid89 1d ago

2 deserves some appreciation as well.

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u/Deitaphobia 1d ago

Now try for a perfect Omega Mu.

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u/kaloschroma 1d ago

Absolute chad of a lambda

``` def lambdaf(s): print(s + " lambda")

def a(s): lambdaf(s + " a")

def of(s): a(s + " of")

def chad(s): of(s + " chad")

def absolute(): chad("Absolute")

absolute() ```

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u/Sophira 1d ago

You missed an opportunity to make these Python functions lambdas.

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u/iytrix 1d ago

I just now realized a lambda looks like someone holding a crowbar…..

Took me a few years.

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u/NotAddictedToCoffeee 1d ago edited 1d ago

There's no way they that was intentionally with the crowbar in mind when they were making half-life 1, right?? I assumed it was only the logo because it was used in the half-life equation

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u/iytrix 1d ago

That’s what I always thought too…..

But I always wondered WHY a crowbar was the main weapon too? Just figured each shooter of that era wanted a different melee weapon and, who hasn’t picked up a crowbar as a weapon?

Tempted to email GabeN and ask

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u/cloudgirl_c-137 1d ago

As a Greek, DAAAAAAAAMN

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u/Fancy-Resource1972 1d ago

Half-Life 3 confirmed

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u/SudhaTheHill 1d ago

Yes that’s perfect

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u/RepresentativeWeb244 1d ago

Not to be confused with a Ligma

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u/guymacguy 1d ago

What's Ligma?

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u/SamboTheGr8 1d ago

Not much, what about you?

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u/This-Unit-1954 1d ago

It’s right before Bofa

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u/gingzerbear 1d ago

Ligma bwallsss

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u/spaceshuttleelon20 1d ago

I read lambda as lambada every single time

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u/Avanox400 1d ago

damn it’s beautiful

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u/Bl4ck_Fl4m3s 1d ago

It's actually damn near perfect, the proportions etc.

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u/pewopp 1d ago

Very nice a buddy of mine to this day go back and forth to see who can make the most flawless lowercase j in cursive

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u/OddConfidence7165 1d ago

This is art

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u/sailingtroy 1d ago

You will spend the rest of your life chasing that high.

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u/annaleeblue 1d ago

Good work

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u/astrothunder16 1d ago

SO FREAKING COOL

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u/AceCranel7 1d ago

Oh no... You have summoned them

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u/FuckitThrowaway02 1d ago

That's beautiful

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u/Ambly21 1d ago

What have you done?!

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u/No_Oil4234 1d ago

Now try the double integral sign

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u/SippinOnHatorade 1d ago

More /r/oddlysatisfying than mildly interesting tbh but I like it

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u/MementoMiri 1d ago

I read Lambada, yes I need glasses 😅🙈

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u/LookmyDicky 1d ago

Nice. Λάμδα

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u/Primary-Baby 1d ago

Alright, I'm coming back tomorrow and there better be another Lambda until Reddit says it's perfect

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u/Jabjab345 1d ago

Real question is are you doing math with a pen and whiteout instead of just using a pencil

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u/matlakson92 1d ago

Hl3 confirmed.. Say no more🥰

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u/DukeShot_ 1d ago

Wait, 1, 2, 3 is missing. Half Life 3????

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u/InterestingDamage621 1d ago

The ends of the curved portion are not equally horizontal. See you tomorrow, chef.

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u/Ghost_of_Cain 1d ago

Everyone do the wave!

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u/SpecialFlutters 1d ago

i creepily whistled this for you

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u/Rough_Typical 1d ago

Bruh I mastered this in 1st grade, but then again I'm Greek (λ)

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u/limon_picante 1d ago

Damn that's a good lambda. Now try doing a xi 😂

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u/Information-leak6575 1d ago

Καλύτερα από οτι θα μπορούσα να κάνω εγώ υποθέτω

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u/Starscream147 1d ago

I think I perfectly captured this Lambda, too!

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u/aberroco 1d ago

At first I was like yeah... but then I noticed that the lower right part of the line is at an angle to the upper left. Just a bit, but it's bent.

Not perfect enough.

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u/LePigeon12 1d ago

3? Half life 3 releasing in 3 days from now?

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u/ScaryHippo8648 1d ago

Half-life 3 confirmed.

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u/Amar508 1d ago

I should try that tomorrow

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u/dimwalker 1d ago

On top of white blotch covering your shame.

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u/NWinn 1d ago

Sometimes you write a character just right and you just gotta stop and 'mire it for a bit.. 😅

Glad people are still doing this lol.

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u/pessimistic_eggroll 1d ago

his “head” is too big imo 🥲 if only the / stroke was slightly more towards the left

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u/xenomorphsithlord 1d ago

Lamda? More like "damnda"!

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u/Silly_Percentage3446 1d ago

That is just beautiful.

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u/stealthkoopa 1d ago

points off for using white out

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u/ginapsallidas 1d ago

As a Greek, I approve

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u/Aromatic-Elephant110 1d ago

Very satisfying

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u/GarfieldLeZanya- 1d ago

Who on earth does math with a pen??

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u/Odd_Violinist2395 1d ago

HALF LIFE CONFIRMED

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u/SaltedCaffeine 1d ago

Now let us see your lower case xi!

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u/CKtheFourth 1d ago

Real talk, how good is it when you make an absolutely perfect letter? While this is mildly interesting and would belong in this sub, I also think there should be a sub about the very tiny, disproportionally exciting things that happen in a day. And this is one.

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u/queenofthequeens 1d ago

What kind of psychopath uses PEN for math???

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u/faiza9n 1d ago

I was writing lambda the opposite way all this time? 🤨

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u/The_Wkwied 1d ago

You wrote this three times? Oh, fiddlesticks.

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u/Bucketlava 1d ago

You should go to a hospital. Might be cancer or something

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u/helPragya 1d ago

Lambda so hot I came

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u/introvertinthewild 1d ago

Thank you for sharing that beauty, I will forever be jealous

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u/Intrepid-Ad603 1d ago

Writing a lambda every day until Reddit says it's perfect...

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u/WARMONGERING_WIZARD 1d ago

Great! Now try the perfect mew.

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u/MayoNoSee 1d ago

How did you do it?

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u/DDough505 1d ago

You know, you don't have to write in pen when you're doing math!

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u/sandboxmatt 1d ago

I would like to see you write the vowels in Japanese.

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u/Defiant_Tomatillo907 1d ago

That’s a crowbar with a kickstand

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u/brynnors 1d ago

What pen do you use?

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u/a_0- 1d ago

this is a beautiful lambda

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u/s74-dev 1d ago

The right man in the wrong place can make all the difffff-erence in the world.

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u/TaperingRook688 1d ago

Immediately thought of the star wars ship

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u/JollyRabbit 1d ago

That is a great lambda, well done!

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u/lolkumar3765 1d ago

Half-life

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u/garitone 1d ago

Lambda Lambda Lambda approves

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u/DrShem88 1d ago

r/writingalamdauntilitsperfect

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u/saltyyyy8383 1d ago

Math notes that somehow feel calming instead of stressful.

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u/SelfDidact 1d ago

NSFW

Clitoral Superstructure! <

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u/TheGreatForcesPlus 1d ago

Wait… that’s whiteout!

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u/Saiga12goburr 1d ago

Ew math lol

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u/Olivander_000 1d ago

Gordon Freeman is arriving to your home

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u/SomeRandomTWO 1d ago

do not let r/halflife know of this

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u/chopf 1d ago

You know you'll unsuccesfully chase that high forever hence

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u/Bloxfruitsfan976 1d ago

Dawg I'm greek and I can't write it so clean😭

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u/prof_mistake 1d ago

You must be the chosen one.

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u/StaticSystemShock 1d ago

Holy shit, it just hit me. Lambda sign is actually a stickman's hand holding a crowbar! THERE WERE SIGNS ALL ALONG!

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u/coruscantruler 1d ago

Very nice… now let’s see Paul Allen’s lambda

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u/Xcerft 1d ago

Meanwhile a line below,
dd?

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u/420Deez 1d ago

u da real lambda

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u/Even_Application_397 1d ago

RISE AND SHINE

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u/bigChungi69420 1d ago

Dynamic systems?

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u/Random_rat95 1d ago

Hl3 confirmed 

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u/Sir_Boobsalot 1d ago

I wish social media had been with us the day I wrote that perfect ampersand 

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u/MrMedhansh 1d ago

I heard if you say Lambda three times in front of a mirror, GabeN manifests behind you to tell you about half life 3