You may be aware that Pete Buttigieg dropped out of the a Democrat race for the right to lose to Donald Trump in November. At first glance, this may seem surprising. In four contests, he finished in the top four in all of them, winning one, and getting the most delegates in two. That sounds like a pretty good showing. So, why did he drop out?

The simple answer is … math. But there’s a little more to it.

Pete Buttigieg can do something that most Democrats cannot do: math. That’s probably because he was the least worst of all the a Democrats running. That’s still pretty bad, but that just shows how bad all the other Democrats are.

Anyway, Pete can do math. And, if you look at the results a little closer, you’ll see why he had to drop out. It was to save the universe and all reality.

Pete came in first in the first contest, the Iowa Caucuses, so named because of all the Caucasians running.

In the second race, the New Hampshire Primary, Pete came in a close second.

The third contest, the Nevada Caucus, had Pete in third place.

The fourth, the South Carolina Primary, had Pete in fourth.

You see the pattern, right?

With 14 primaries and a caucus on Super Tuesday, Pete would wind up in 5th to 19th place. And that’s the problem. Only six Democrats of the 28 that were running are still in the race. So many Democrats have dropped out that for Pete Buttigieg to have stayed in the race, math would have fallen apart, and with it, the entire fabric of space and time.

So let’s thank Pete Buttigieg for his selfless sacrifice in dropping out of the race in order to save everyone. The rest of the Democrats should follow his lead.