Verify my understanding of a math joke.

Question

I am trying to understand this comic:

Note that after hovering over the image more text is revealed namely,

"...spike in the Fourier Transform at the one month mark where...".

Is the joke referring to an implied jump discontinuity where perhaps this 'couple' has an argument i.e. no single limit because the one sided limits were finite but not equal? Any clarity on this comic would be appreciated. Thank you.

Answer 1

I think it's about mathematicians over-analysing everything in complex logical terms when there might be some common-sense explanation. But it's a double-joke because doing maths is inherently antisocial and he's trying to fix his relationship by doing maths.

Answer 2

I was surfing in the site, reading past articles, and found this one.

For me, the comic represents Goodhart's law:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law