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[–] Heikki2@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

I was making a minnow net to catch baitfish for my son. To make a cone you need a half circle of material out of mesh.

Now in a 2D world the where there is no thickness this would be correct, if material can be added to fill gaps.

In a 3D world, any round object with a hole and some thickness could be a straw. A washer is a straw by this logic

[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

If a flat disc has no holes, how many holes does the surface of a sphere have?

[–] kazerniel@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

that meme format makes me feel old... I used to see it in like 2008 👴

[–] threeduck@aussie.zone 1 points 8 hours ago

But this one seems to be updated for some reason? The bottom spit take reaction is not the original.

[–] teolan@lemmy.world 31 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

Two people kissing make a single continous tube going from one anus to the other

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 11 points 15 hours ago

Great now I need a new folder.

[–] MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 5 points 16 hours ago
[–] VoterFrog@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

A straw has zero holes. It's just a flat piece of plastic wrapped around and attached to itself. Ain't nobody drilling holes through plastic to make straws.

[–] ytg@sopuli.xyz 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Try that argument with your local topologist

[–] VoterFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Depends whether or not you consider the fastening of a surface to itself to be a real change to the topology.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 points 14 hours ago

Good fucking science meme!

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 19 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

This suggests the reverse is true, that every hole is at minimum a tube.

I'm throwing out all my cups today. I'll jut drink from my plates.

[–] CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

also, cups and plates are not equal topologically, because a cup has handle with a hole in it, and plate doesn't

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (2 children)
[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Perhaps the cups with one hole are the real solo cups.

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 1 points 21 minutes ago

Solo hole 😏

[–] CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Hahahaha I win again, Internet stranger!

[–] CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Woe on me! Woe on me, sire! For the eternal shame you put onto me is irredeemable!

Ah, whatever shall i do? My bloodline is forever in aura debt!

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

Spread fourth this knowledge my peon!

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Not all cups have that. I would consider that more a mug. 

[–] CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

ah yes, can't wait to get home and drink my evening MUG of tea :D

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago

Yep, I drink it out my coffee mug.

[–] CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 16 hours ago

welcome to topology

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

you are what you eat: a donut

or sth

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Nah, there’s like 11 to 14 macroscopic holes in my body. You just can’t get a dick in most of them.

[–] Rhoeri@piefed.world 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

A straw has one hole that is open to two entrances. Like a single tunnel. We never say that a tunnel has two holes.

[–] Nomorereddit@lemmy.today 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] bricklove@midwest.social 6 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

We mustn't say that. It is forbidden.

[–] Nomorereddit@lemmy.today 2 points 8 hours ago

Christmas is just another form of control, from the matrix.

it pushes massive consumerism and the idea to kids must do as told to be "nice," cause we can watch them all the time like a cia state.

Is that less forbidden?

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

It is forbidden.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

I got a T shaped cat tunnel. It's got two holes. I think. Topology can go suck a lemon

[–] Rhoeri@piefed.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Which is why I said SINGLE tunnel.

[–] Natanael 2 points 19 hours ago

Still one hole unless there's isolated sections

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Topologically, people are toroids.

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[–] ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 132 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (30 children)

The colloquial meaning is different from a topological definition. Anything with a through-hole has a hole at each end. It's an ambiguous question because the answer depends whether you're referring to a openings in the face of the object (a cylinder in the case of a straw) or the void connecting the surface openings. Perhaps the safest answer is inclusive, so three. I've been told I'm not fun at parties.

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[–] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago

A straw has 1 hole with two ends... this is dumb

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 46 points 1 day ago (13 children)

A straw has 1 hole that goes all the way through.

[–] anzo@programming.dev 2 points 19 hours ago

So, infinite holes. Just like a line has infinite points. And, a longer straw has a bigger infinite number of holes.

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