My prevailing theory is it creates a hypotenuse that makes their hypotenuse-leg look longer and your brain generalizes tgat impression/illusion to the other obliquely (and therefore: skinny-er)?

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[–] [S] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

The diagonal leg makes a hypotenuse which makes it seem longer and skinnier

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