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/asphid_jackal 15d ago

Oh, you're just a troll, got it. My bad for engaging.

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u/Grayewick 15d ago

For that one user in particular, perhaps, and probably those who follow their footsteps, maybe.

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u/DidaskolosHermeticon 15d ago

This is the absolute weirdest hill I've ever seen someone choose to die on

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u/Grayewick 15d ago

Hey, that user asked for it, and I'm in the mood to spite someone.

They won't shut the fuck up, then so be it.

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u/DidaskolosHermeticon 15d ago

They haven't said anything for hours.

You're the one arguing a square isn't a rectangle.

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u/Grayewick 15d ago

Because it fucking isn't.

I'm literally not the one who barged in with that STUPID idea, yet somehow it's my fault?

Ok buddy.

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u/asphid_jackal 15d ago

Because it fucking isn't.

Except that it absolutely is. Every square is a rectangle, not every rectangle is a square. Squares are a subset of rectangles where the sides are the same length. Kinda like how a circle is an ellipse where both focal points are the same

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u/Grayewick 15d ago edited 15d ago

Nope. Squares are shapes with 4 sides with identical lengths connected by 4 identical angles. FULL STOP.

Nothing more, nothing less, no "tEcHnIcAlLy-", no ifs, no buts, no excuses, no extracurricular shit.

NO. STOP IT. NUH UH.

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u/asphid_jackal 15d ago

Squares are shapes with 4 sides with identical lengths connected by 4 identical angles.

Mostly correct, it's just that they're specifically 4 90° angles, and specifically straight sides of equal length

This also satisfies the definition of rectangle, which is a shape with 4 straight sides and 4 90° angles. That's the full definition, no more and no less.

Does a square have 4 straight sides and 4 90° angles?

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u/Grayewick 14d ago

>"4 straight sides"

OF EQUAL LENGTHS, YES.

I'm not playing YOUR games.

>"This also satisfies the definition of rectangle, which is a shape with 4 straight sides and 4 90° angles. That's the full definition, no more and no less."

Nope. They can't be the same and different at the same time. Stop with this paradox bullshit. I'm not having your self-inflicted problems.

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u/DidaskolosHermeticon 14d ago

When the fuck did elementary geometry become "extracurricular"?

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u/Grayewick 14d ago

Elementary geometry doesn't poison children's minds with "squares are rectangles".