this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2025
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This is his walk. How did he end up where he started?
Euclideanoids when faced with elliptic geometry
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On a sphere, what starting coordinate makes a triangle with that path instead of a partial square?I see
real non-euclidian heads rock equilateral triangles with 3 90° angles while planar kids get caught out.
I see, we live in a planet that is 4 miles in circumference 👍
The earth isn't flat, dawg. 😭
Source?
~~Imagine drawing on a globe instead of drawing on a map. Now if you take any point on the globe and head "west" while remaining (roughly) equidistant to the north pole, the north pole will remain north, not north-east from your position no matter how far west you go.~~
Edit: Others already explained it, I just saw the dunking before I typed my message.