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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/18530857

Y=-x²

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[-] revlayle@lemm.ee 23 points 3 days ago

Clockwise from bottom left. Still asinine.

Did I have a fucking stroke?

[-] illi@lemm.ee 38 points 4 days ago

I'm at a total loss as to what is the correct way to read it

[-] davidgro@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago

The title of the crosspost (and mentioned in the description here) is the equation y=-x² which has a graph that starts at lower left, goes up to 0, then down to lower right.

This gives the intended reading order.

[-] illi@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago

I was wondering what that was supposed to mean. It's ages ago since I dealt with math graphs

[-] superkret@feddit.org 12 points 4 days ago

Start from bottom left and go clockwise

[-] jutty@blendit.bsd.cafe 1 points 4 days ago

My guess is it starts on top left, then moves right, then goes down all the way to bottom right, and comes full circle to the left and back up.

So "doesn't make you look any better making me look bad".

[-] bjorney@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago

"making me look bad doesn't make you look any better"

[-] jutty@blendit.bsd.cafe 3 points 4 days ago

oh my it makes even less sense than I figured

[-] Daikusa@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Aneurysmposting

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

Rarely do I see something that makes no sense in ANY direction.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 20 points 4 days ago

It's a clock that starts at 7.

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Oh thank God. Now it makes sense. I should have known. All my clocks start at 7.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Wow, that works!

[-] bacon_saber@fedia.io 4 points 4 days ago

And here I thought I figured it out going clockwise from the ponytail. lol

[-] ArtieShaw@fedia.io 2 points 4 days ago

holy shit - thank you!

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 8 points 3 days ago

The key to a good graphic is adding alternating colors that have nothing to do with the reading order

[-] Jinni@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago

God this was terrible. In case you are still racking your brain here is my easy way to see this stupidity. Image they wanted to lay all the text on the bottom of the image and decided to instead wrap the text around the soccer player. Start at the bottom left. Like a word salad roller coaster.

Or you can re-learn how to use a graphing calculator and use the formula provided.

[-] YungOnions@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

Thanks for this. I was genuinely trying to work out whatever the fuck this was supposed to say for longer than I care to admit.

this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2024
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