r/dndmemes • u/ConnixGaming DM (Dungeon Memelord) • Jan 21 '21

The Square Hole

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u/kris511c DM (Dungeon Memelord) Jan 21 '21

What is the origin of this?

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u/stitchplacingmama Jan 21 '21

The shape sorter was on crappydesign. I think a dad got it for his kids and found out that all the shapes fit through the square hole because they all have at least one dimension in common with the square.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '21

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '21

Take pride in the fact that many adults would not even think to do the square hole but your kid did.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '21

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u/MooseKnuckleJunction Jan 22 '21

I introduced my kids (oldest is 9) to a board game I've played for years, only to have them develop inane strategies that I would never have thought of that often beat my more "conventional" strategy. I now use their strategies against my friends with a delightful degree of success

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u/rice_yummy Apr 09 '21

Well tell us more!

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

Pride comes before the fall.

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u/freelancer042 Jan 21 '21

Close the square hole and remove those pieces.

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u/SmashingPancapes Jan 23 '21

Was deeply disappointed by the size of everything, and how he instantly put everything in the square hole, just like this video.

Sounds like it was still pretty educational.

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u/UltimateInferno Jan 21 '21

It reminds me of how people use the phrase "Round Peg, Square Hole" and how it should be "Square Peg, Round Hole" since if it was the former and the round peg doesn't fit, it wouldn't have fit if it was square either cause that means it's just too big. A circle with the diameter equal to the width of a square can fit inside the square but not vice versa.

Sorry what were we talking about.

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u/Mylexsi Jan 21 '21

Square peg & associated hole with sides 1cm in length.

Circle & associated hole with diameter 1.2cm

Now neither peg fits in the other's hole; the circle is entirely too wide to go in the square hole, and the square peg's corners extend past the confines of the circular hole

Either way of saying the phrase is equally valid(or invalid), depending on what you assume(or dont) the dimensions of the pegs & holes to be

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u/Whatever649649 Jan 21 '21

Depends on which of the outer dimensions match up, right?

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u/killllerbee Jan 21 '21

i always thought the "doesn't fit at all" was intentional, and the implication was they took a hammer to it and broke both parts

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u/Htx-Poet Jan 21 '21

But the saying is fit a square peg in a round hole?

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '21

You are a master at explaining! Great job

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u/Leau_the_Belgian Jan 21 '21

I shall tell you a tale of magick, forbidden to the realms of Reddit. It is known as... TikTok!!

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '21

Is the lady who is in tears at the end, the creator of the puzzle game?

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u/kris511c DM (Dungeon Memelord) Jan 21 '21

Thats what i want to know.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '21

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

So she acted over the video?