[ WP ] Math suddenly ceases to make sense . 2 + 2 =/= 4 .

The arithmetic was wrong. The teacher had written an example problem, and she had solved it wrong. The class rejoiced. 
 
 The confused teacher looked over her math. There were no mistakes. She did the problem step by step as the class looked on in confusion and found the base of the issue: nothing was as expected. Every number, every mathematical process had resulted in a completely different answer from the one that had made sense five minutes ago. 
 
 The weirdest thing was that this new answer made sense all of a sudden, too. The whole class, and everyone else in the world, suddenly felt stupid for ever thinking that 2 and 2 equaled 4. 2 and 2 really equaled... well, that was difficult. 
 
 Governments brought in the greatest mathematicians to rebuild modern mathematics from the ground up. But they could do little. As they looked on, basic currency broke down. Economies were crushed by the altered values. 
 
 Even machines got confused. Computers went dark, their basic programming not built to function in this new reality. Nothing mechanical was reliable. Car, train, and even airplane accidents brought transportation to a halt. 
 
 At the same time, the Earth itself became confused. Its escape velocity lessened to a fraction of what it once was, causing birds and bugs to be sucked out into space along with much of the atmosphere. The space station was flung by its inertia out of orbit, spiraling at an impossible velocity. The Earth followed suit, finally leaving the sun and going off on its own journey. This, of course, is when the people died. 
 
 Stars began to burst, following no clear pattern, the galaxy bubbling with light until the black hole at the center reverted back into a star itself. As all of existence exploded distance became meaningless. Atoms were ripped apart and energy settled into an eternity of meaningless chaos. The universe broke down as energy leaked away into nothingness... 
 
 But this did n't happen, of course, because the math teacher is never wrong. Never wrong, kids, even if it looks like it. 
 
 Do n't question it.
