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Astra1839 t1_iu9zn9n wrote

For people who didn't get it, the mathematician means that one has to go in so there's noone in the bus

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Eversnuffley t1_iuaa4ia wrote

The mathematician counted to -1

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Initial-Space-7822 t1_iuafzlx wrote

It obviously wasn't the mathematician who was afraid of negative numbers then. He would stop at nothing to avoid them.

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vdlong93 t1_iua6w6f wrote

you simply repeats the joke...

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SheriffStealth t1_iuaa6ud wrote

No, he explained the joke. I didn't understand it the first time but this comment genuinely cleared up the confusion I had with this joke.

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everything_is_bad t1_iuaxlx6 wrote

But then if one goes in, won't there be noone on the bus?

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Grigoran t1_iub6c93 wrote

Indeed. That's why the mathematician says that now one must go in so that there is no noone on the bus.

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Tidesticky t1_iucvmvj wrote

But won't there also be noone on the other bus?

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