Oh let's get pedantic!
The curved edges technically have infinite "side".
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Not if this square is a projection of a curved surface
Wrong. This is a definition of a [pizza] + [the extra peperoni from the other slices that got stuck to that slice because the cutting was imperfect]
A pepperoni is a bell pepper. I have no idea why the USA chose to use this word to mean salami, instead of, you know, salami.
Tut tut, all these maths books promoting unhealthy square shapes, real squares have curves.
Thanks, I hate it.
The interior angles need to be equal 🤓
Does no one understand this is a joke, talking about parallel lines and mathematical proofs is pointless when its a fucking meme
It's not pointless because you can laugh about a joke and then learn something about math.
They don't cancel each other out. They can be at the same place and still work on their own.
I love memes that are funny on their own, but also provide discussion material.
You're having fun wrong!!1one
Or the fun part.
We do understand it's a meme and a joke. Just not a very good one, because one can easily poke holes into it.
Just not a very good one, because one can easily poke holes into it.
That's not how jokes work.
Depends on the joke.
No, it depends on if you have humor. Yes, humor is individual, I know. But people without tend to over analyze and try to pick the joke apart, often missing the point.
A joke doesn't have to pass every technicality. You thinking it's bad if it doesn't, only applies to your humor (or lack there of).
Ooh, watch out, the humor police is here! Everything the deem funny is humor and if you don't find funny what they do you don't even have humor! Wee-ooo wee-ooo!
I can be presented with a bad joke without the urge to pick it apart. You couldn't. Just saying.
And you cannot take criticism. Just saying.
(Also, I'm not picking apart the joke, I'm explaining why some people do.)
And you cannot take criticism.
What criticism?
The joke being critiziced.
It's not my joke, so I couldn't care less. I'm talking about jokes in general and the fact that you don't understand how it works.
Lol. You really think you're some kind of authority or something. See, that is funny.
No, I'm just saying you're wrong. But it seems like you cannot take criticism.
No, I'm just saying you're wrong.
Based on what expertise? Which criteria do you apply?
That meme is incorrect, and therefore it doesn't land for me and a lot of other people. You cannot say "you're wrong" on that.
You said it wasn't a good joke, because one can easily poke holes into it.
This is not correct. Being able to easily pick apart a jokes doesn't automatically make it bad. Lots of good jokes will not pass that test either.
You not liking a joke based on that logic, is on you alone. But it's not an universal rule of jokes. Do you think you’re some kind of authority or something?
No, it's an observation I made often enough, that factually incorrect jokes don't land and get picked apart.
I'm tired of this though. If you are satisfied with stupidity, fine. Keep laughing about dumb shit then. I'm out.
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These are parallel too. They just look that way because they are project on to the euclidean plain.
ITT: math people going "listen here you little shit"
A square must also have two pairs of parallel sides.
Calculus can find you two pairs of parallel sides, right there on the circle!
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I get downvoted for bringing it up, but for fuck's sake you're dumping literally everything into this community regardless of the fit. There are a dozen (I'm estimating) other communities that could benefit from the content you post but you have thus far insisted on only posting here.
Can you at least make the tiniest effort to spread content to other communities that would benefit from the increased views and potential subscriptions?
I shall await the fun police and everything's a meme comments.
I'm sure there are more than a dozen and you are right. I'm still trying to get the hang of the whole fediverse thing, but so far most of the more niche communities I have tried to interact with are on different servers not federating with each other? Or maybe I'm doing something wrong? Not sure about that one. Also not sure if cross-posting works. I mean I know it works, but do those posts federate correctly? Can other fediverse apps see them correctly?
I thought your post was funny
At least it's better than endless American politics.
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Someone never had to deal with mathematical proofs, only layman's definitions.
All properties of a parallelogram apply:
- Opposite sides are parallel
- Opposite sides are congruent
- Opposite angles are congruent
- Consecutive angles are supplementary
- Diagonals bisect each other
AND
- All angles are congruent
- All sides are congruent
- Diagonals are congruent
- Diagonals are perpendicular
- Diagonals bisect opposite angles
Of course, but such strict definitions only come about because smart people come up with examples like OP when you don’t add the full definition.
Straight lines. Also two sets of parallel lines. This is one definition of a square, but not the common one.
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