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[-] PlantDna@mander.xyz 0 points 2 years ago

Both portals should the same size. Fitting one in a box, means the box should be too big to fit in the other portal.

[-] vithigar@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago

They're ellipses. You put one on its side and it fits through.

[-] pfannkuchen_gesicht@lemmy.one 7 points 2 years ago

If portals were circular, that would be true, but they're oval.

[-] nxdefiant@startrek.website -2 points 2 years ago

The box contains the oval, and by definition cannot fit inside the thing it contains.

[-] pfannkuchen_gesicht@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago

You should try it with paper cut-outs.

[-] potoo22@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

It isn't shown explicitly, but notice in the last panel with the box, the box is much wider and much shorter. It was rotated 90°.

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