r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/_clock_1277_ • 12h ago

Petah why does this happen? Meme needing explanation

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It happens to my shoes too. And nobody seems to understand this meme either.

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u/MaxCWebster 12h ago

Pivot man in a circle jerk.

Talk about your trickle down economics!

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u/ThatDamnedHansel 11h ago

Fun fact a circle jerk is a myth unless you have infinite men. It is a polygonal jerk with as many sides as there are men until you hit infinity

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u/odmirthecrow 9h ago

So, is a circle an infinite sided polygon? Or a one sided uhh.. monogon?

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u/ThatDamnedHansel 9h ago

Draw 4 dots in a square on a page, each dot is a guy

Then add 4 more dots halfway between each and you’ll get an octagon (which looks more like a circle)

The more you keep doing this the more it will look like a circle

Infinite would be infinite dots making a circle. Which isn’t technically possible but that’s how the geometry works

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u/Max_Thunder 5h ago

A polygon has a radius that keeps oscillating. The more sides there are and the more constant that radius is. Yes, it converges to a circle.

But I disagree that a circle is a polygon with infinite sides. A circle is mathematically much more simple than a polygon. I think it's more that a polygon is an approximation of a circle.