submitted 11 months ago by naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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A straw is just a stretched doughnut.

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[-] spacedout@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

Are all circles in physical reality actually cylinders, only some are very short?

[-] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago

Yes

[-] rasensprenger@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Not really cylinders, but toruses. Disks with extent are cylinders.

[-] MuThyme@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Also every circle we draw has some thickness so we're actually drawing annuli

[-] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

photobleaching?

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