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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 44 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] anzo@programming.dev 1 points 4 hours ago

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

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago (2 children)
[–] stray@pawb.social 4 points 7 hours ago

This is Crohn's erasure.

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

No I got more. My anatomy is special

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 13 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

The disk has two holes separated by a lesser distance

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 3 points 18 hours ago (2 children)
[–] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Idk if you can measure what area a hole takes up it has dimensions doesn't it?

[–] PaintedSnail@lemmy.world 1 points 11 minutes ago* (last edited 9 minutes ago)

But can you measure something that doesn't exist? Can the absence of something be something in and of itself? Is it the hole you are measuring, or the object around the hole?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 14 hours ago

Sure but THIS hole isn't 2D because it's a compressed 3d object.