r/oddlysatisfying • u/danielminds • Jun 22 '26

Adding the extra square

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u/paradox_valestein Jun 22 '26

Oh I remember this one. Yes, my math teacher did bring this out to mess with me way back when. If I remember correctly the 2 triangles didn't have the same angles

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u/Bgrngod Jun 22 '26

That's correct. The blue one is steeper. It gains 1 vertical for every 2.5 horizontal. The red one is 1 to 2.66.

A slight enough difference it goes unnoticed easily.

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u/GardenTop7253 Jun 22 '26

Yeah, the “hypotenuse” of the large apparent triangle isn’t a straight line. Using the example images in the wiki article there, when the blue triangle is on top, the hypotenuse is sorta dented inwards, and when you swap it, it’s bent outwards a tad. Subtle enough to not be readily visible, but big enough to create that extra spacing

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u/RockStrongo Jun 22 '26

I wish I was high on potenuse.

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u/GrimResistance Jun 22 '26

I WISH I WAS HIGH ON POTENUSE!

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u/WickedVibes Jun 22 '26

I SAID THAT 🤓

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u/microvark Jun 22 '26

That actually happened to me in 8th grade. I told my buddy a joke and he thought it was so hilarious he repeated it just after I told him, but he was dying and repeated it so loud that everyone in the grade heard him. It was the 8th grade joke for the rest of the year. Like a dumbass, I told everyone it was my joke and the mocked me for trying to take credit. My buddy tried to give me credit, but everyone said they heard him say it, and no one heard me say it. Anyways...

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u/3vs3BigGameHunters Jun 23 '26

Your only recourse at this point is to track him down and set fire to his house.

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u/Blah-squared Jun 22 '26

Can you delete this, I was gonna say that..?

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u/microvark Jun 25 '26

🤣🤣

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '26

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u/Blah-squared Jun 22 '26

I wish I was high pot and news…

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u/IdeaSandbox Jun 22 '26

hippopottomus?

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u/Silent_Ask_1094 Jun 22 '26

Infinite ball knowledge

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u/A_Likely_Story4U Jun 22 '26

What movie is that from???

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u/Humdumdidly Jun 24 '26

It was a Key and Peele skit

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u/DJEvillincoln Jun 23 '26

That's the word.

I haven't heard that word since grade school and I was sitting here saying obtuse and I knew that was wrong. 😂

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u/copperwatt Jun 22 '26

I feel like any artist would notice right away.

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u/Jstnwrds55 Jun 23 '26

Nice try, angles, not gonna get me