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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 43 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] FishFace@piefed.social 18 points 3 days ago
[–] draco_aeneus@mander.xyz 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't see how this is Pythagorean, since there none of the corners are right-angle ones.

The middle ones of the two triangles are.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why would they make a triangle train

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

To fit through the triangle-tunnel.

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Jokes aside, the triangle appears to be a photoshopped image.

https://lemmy.world/comment/25319885

[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I've seen this picture circulate across the web many years ago, even before the 'rona. I was wondering how far I'd need to scroll until someone pointed out (correctly) that the OP was, in fact, shopped.

[–] arctanthrope@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

my favorite Duke Ellington song, take the A frame

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 days ago

Before the invention of triangles by Pythagoras, all trains were round

[–] DataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago

Triangle-Train, Triangle-Train Goes wherever a triangle can...

I'm like 0.03% certain that was a They Might Be Giants B-Side 😉

[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] PointlessLifePersonified@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But the multiverse is... meh.