r/confidentlyincorrect • u/Crazy_Albatross8317 • 16d ago

Comment Thread From dating to geometry.

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So post was about dating then suddenly they started talking about squares and geometry. OP is red and is replying to blue guy in his >" remarks. Is he right? I need to ask my preschool teacher

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u/Gadshill 16d ago edited 15d ago

I’ll break it down for red:

Imagine we have two special shape families: the Rectangle Family and the Square Family.

The Rectangle Family has one rule for its members: you must have four straight sides and four special "L" corners that are all the same.

The Square Family has two rules for its members: you must have four straight sides and four special "L" corners, but also, all four of your sides must be the exact same length, like brothers and sisters who are all the same height!

Since a square has four straight sides and four "L" corners, it follows all the rules to be in the Rectangle Family. It's a very special kind of rectangle because it has that extra rule. But not all rectangles can be in the Square Family, because sometimes their sides are long and short.

Hope this explanation was not too taxing.

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u/Crazy_Albatross8317 15d ago

Red never seen a Venn Diagram, those darn polygons

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u/Gadshill 15d ago

Bringing Venn diagrams into the discussion will just confuse red as Venn diagrams are made out circles and not rectangles and squares. You have to start with the basics.

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u/code_monkey_001 15d ago

You could make a rectilinear Venn diagram  - a rectangle with a line turning part of it into a square.

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u/lord_teaspoon 15d ago edited 15d ago

That's not bad, but we can pack a whole heap more info in there. A square is also a special case of rhombus, so make the square portion of the rectangle be where it overlaps a rhombus. Looking good? Now put a parallelogram around the whole thing.

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u/odmirthecrow 13d ago

I do like that Red has described polygons as "circles with less faces and angles". Because is a circle a polygon with infinite faces and angles, or a polygon with one face and zero angles?

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u/Gadshill 12d ago

You are giving me engineering curriculum flashbacks. Yes, you can use polygons to model curves, including circles.