This was the second most popular microblog post of the day on popular social network Sina Weibo at time of translation…
From Sina Weibo:
@微博搞笑排行榜: What takes an elementary school student just seconds to do; takes a high school student several minutes; takes a college student half and hour and up; and takes a Ph.D a lifetime… After I shared this problem with my class and saw so many academic tyrants spend half the day trying to figure it out, I snickered sinisterly inside.
Comments from Sina Weibo:
你别闹了亲:
It’s very simple, just took me an entire afternoon.
墨断笔碎:
I looked at the comments after calculating with a pen and paper for over half an hour, and cried.
曾阳即将毕业了:
Those who only found out the answer after looking at the comment, please conscientiously click upvote!
乖乖是个好学生:
Fuck, look at it upside-down.
宋积康:
I tried various numerical/mathematical sequences, and even used calculus, fuck…
Hhhhh胡志凯:
Please call me an elementary school student.
陳陳麗鳳:
I didn’t understand/couldn’t figure it out, so I came to look at the comments.
学灰级骨干:
The facts prove that I have the potential to be a Ph.D. I even picked up a pen to do calculations for a bit, tried all four rules of arithmetic [+-*/]…I shed tears after eventually learning the answer.
山口山的熊猫人:
L8
天中涛仔:
The official correct answer: L8
岁寒劲草:
Fuck, accidentally picked up my mobile phone upside-down and the answer appeared.
这只桃子有点小文艺:
I am a Ph.D.
薇蓝612:
Can I meekly ask, why is it 87?
盘子里的两条鱼:
87, a car parks into a parking space, so you have to look at it upside-down [from the other direction].
不过还比较难:
I thought it was one circle, two circles, three circles, four circles. I might be a kindergartener.
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