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  • burgersc12@mander.xyzB [email protected]

    Does no one understand this is a joke, talking about parallel lines and mathematical proofs is pointless when its a fucking meme

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    Its wrong though so the joke falls flat

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      We do understand it's a meme and a joke. Just not a very good one, because one can easily poke holes into it.

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      Its supposed to be absurd, taking it seriously makes the already bad joke even worse

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        Its wrong though so the joke falls flat

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        Didn't realize jokes have to be literally correct

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        • burgersc12@mander.xyzB [email protected]

          Its supposed to be absurd, taking it seriously makes the already bad joke even worse

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          It's not about taking it seriously. The meme wants to be a technically correct-meme, where a thing fulfills another things definition and thereby could be deemed the other thing - which creates the absurdity the meme lives off of. But in order for that kind of humour, there cannot be obvious holes in the logic of the joke and these obvious holes are very present in this meme.

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          • natenate60@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

            Euclid's first postulate: Give two points, there exists exactly one straight line that includes both of them.

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            This only applies in 2nd order real space. Euclidean geometry aside, I agree with at least one line could exist between two points

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              A square must also have two pairs of parallel sides.

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              No it doesn't. Right angles + equal length is a sufficient condition

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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.

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                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?

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                  Can straight be defined in a nonlinear environment?

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                  I would guess on a sphere these can be straight yes: The pole goes into the center of cicular thing and radius of the sphere needs to put the other arc on one latitude.

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                  • natenate60@lemmy.worldN [email protected]

                    Euclid's first postulate: Give two points, there exists exactly one straight line that includes both of them.

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                    Counterexample: North and Southpole on Earth.

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                    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldH [email protected]

                      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
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                      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.

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                        We do understand it's a meme and a joke. Just not a very good one, because one can easily poke holes into it.

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                        Just not a very good one, because one can easily poke holes into it.

                        That's not how jokes work.

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                          Just not a very good one, because one can easily poke holes into it.

                          That's not how jokes work.

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                          Depends on the joke.

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                          • C [email protected]

                            It's not about taking it seriously. The meme wants to be a technically correct-meme, where a thing fulfills another things definition and thereby could be deemed the other thing - which creates the absurdity the meme lives off of. But in order for that kind of humour, there cannot be obvious holes in the logic of the joke and these obvious holes are very present in this meme.

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                            Well the text in the image of the "definition" of a square is clearly tailored to fit this joke, thats why the logic of what a square actually is doesn't apply. Its like telling Diogenes that his chicken is not technically a human because it doesn't have two hands and a nose.

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                            • burgersc12@mander.xyzB [email protected]

                              Well the text in the image of the "definition" of a square is clearly tailored to fit this joke, thats why the logic of what a square actually is doesn't apply. Its like telling Diogenes that his chicken is not technically a human because it doesn't have two hands and a nose.

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                              Diogenes plucked that chicken to point out Platon's definition of a human (being a bipedal, featherless animal) being flawed. This meme leaves out parts of the definition to enforce a joke. Two different situations.

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                                No it doesn't. Right angles + equal length is a sufficient condition

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                                No, it isn't. A square is a plain, convex and regular quadrilateral with four internal right angles.

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                                  Solution:

                                  Explanation:

                                  1. in order for the straight lines to be 90 deg with the circles, they must be radii of circles with same central point

                                  2. the length of an arc is defined as c = r * θ (where r is the radius, and θ is the angle)

                                  3. we define the inner circle with radius r₁ and its arc L₁ = r₁ * θ₁

                                  4. we define the outer circle with radius r₂ and its arc L₂ = r₂ * θ₂

                                  5. Because of (1), θ₁ + θ₂ = 2π

                                  6. To create the shape, L₁ = L₂ = r₂ - r₁

                                  If you start replacing and solving, you will get a 2nd grade quadratic, which has a positive and a negative solution. The positive solution is that magic number.

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                                  Why point (5)?

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                                  • burgersc12@mander.xyzB [email protected]

                                    Didn't realize jokes have to be literally correct

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                                    Just the good ones.

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                                      Thanks, I hate it.

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                                      • burgersc12@mander.xyzB [email protected]

                                        Does no one understand this is a joke, talking about parallel lines and mathematical proofs is pointless when its a fucking meme

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                                        Or the fun part.

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                                          Depends on the joke.

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                                          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).

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