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by ratammer Tue Aug 31, 2021 8:40 pm
Title text:
Geometry textbooks always try to trick you by adding decorative stripes and dotted lines.
If the title text didn't give it away - the joke is that the formula is just the area of the 2D shape shown, ignoring how "3D" the shapes appear to be.
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by chridd Tue Aug 31, 2021 11:34 pm
It took me until I read the title text to get that.
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by somitomi Wed Sep 01, 2021 12:35 am
It took me until the front page of explainxkcd to get that...
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by The Snide Sniper Wed Sep 01, 2021 2:23 am
I thought it was only the last one that was wrong, until I read the title text.
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by heuristically_alone Wed Sep 01, 2021 5:54 am
That's actually pretty creative. I love that. Did a double take until I read the title text.
If you think tough men are dangerous, wait til you see what weak men are capable of.
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by chridd Fri Sep 03, 2021 1:21 am
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by heuristically_alone Wed Sep 08, 2021 1:15 pm
Just glad to see you again, Jimbob.
If you think tough men are dangerous, wait til you see what weak men are capable of.
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by Old Bruce Sun Jan 30, 2022 3:23 pm
"Oh, I see" said the blind man when he picked up a hammer and saw.
