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[–] 91 points 7 months ago (21 children)

exists for no clear reason

Sounds like Humans

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  • [–] 54 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Sounds like everything, if you're leaning nihilist.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (16 children)

    It also only has one hole, which, if you ask some topologists, is what humans have.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (12 children)

    I thought most humans are 7 holes

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

    Mouth, Anus, Nasal Passages (2), Occular passages (2), Aural passages (2) = 8. -1 for topology reasons (one "hole" is a divot, not a tube, and a divot is topologically equivalent to a smooth surface) = 7.

    Math checks out. (EDIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egEraZP9yXQ )

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I would post the human floss video. But it seems to be lost media. It was of a guy who got extra strength floss, tied it to one of his teeth, and one end to a pen lid... Swallowed the entire roll. Found the lid days later, and then pulled it back and forth, to floss himself. The video would be +10 years old.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    Seems dangerous. There are sections where you wouldn't want the floss pulled taut, and certainly not the whole thing.

    I wonder if it was just a magic / fx video; at least the "to floss himself" bit.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (7 children)

    Well, there's the one obvious one - mouth through to the anus, there may be more openings to that hole, but I don't believe any of them go all the way through.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    That changes the topology though. It does go all the way through a section which prevents it from reshaping into a straw/donut

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    Yes. I'm afraid I'm not a real topologist, so we're at their mercy. Let us pray they don't come up with new holes.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    They go through the same hole as the mouth in the end, though. At least a part of them...

    I think I said in another comment that I'm not an actual expert on this matter. So there may well be more holes in this theory, and person.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    They go through the same hole as the mouth in the end, though.

    Yes, but they're distinct openings, which means we're not topologically equivalent to a doughnut when you take them into account. Topological equivalence implies that you can transform one object into another without changing the number of openings. Classic example is a doughnut and a coffee mug (the handle of a coffee mug is the opening). A human would be equivalent to a doughnut with two holes poked through the side into the middle.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)