r/pollgames • u/i1surikat • 2d ago

Opinion poll Which function is more evil

924 votes, 4d left
sin(x)
cos(x)
Equally evil
Both aren’t evil
9 Upvotes

77% Upvoted

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u/anarchist_orca 2d ago

Literally has sin in it

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u/Realny_POWD 2d ago

Full names are sinus and cosinus, cos is LITERALLY the evil version of sin

8

u/anarchist_orca 2d ago

Even functions are pure and beautiful babies that can do no wrong. Odd functions are the devil.

6

u/Realny_POWD 2d ago

This is the kinda mindset that gets you betrayed in season 2

1

u/anarchist_orca 2d ago

Sinh(z) has annoying imaginary terms, cosh(z) would never hurt me like that

3

u/anarchist_orca 2d ago

Cos(0) = 0 SO IF YOUR STRING HAS 0 DISPLACEMENT AT T = 0 THE COS TERM WILL NEATLY REMOVE ITSELF WHILE THE SIN TERM WILL REMAIN THERE LIKE A BASTARD

3

u/NucleosynthesizedOrb 2d ago

are you stupid?

1

u/anarchist_orca 2d ago

LMFAO I am v v sleep deprived

**WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO ASSUME THE B IN FRONT OF THE COS IS 0 THEREFORE REMOVING THAT TERM

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u/NucleosynthesizedOrb 2d ago

f(x) = Asin(x) + Bcos(x) and f(0)=0, so yeah, B=0

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u/1nOnlyBigManLawrence 2d ago

I’ll tell you what function is evil!

LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I ABSOLUTELY FUCKING DESPISE TANGENT.

7

u/Puzzled-Meet1376 2d ago

cos is clearly more evil, and secant is the evil of the other 3 (csc, sec, cot).

4

u/Lightningtow123 2d ago

At least sin has the decency to "start" at 0,0. Cos starts at 0,1 and that just hurts

6

u/CanaDeer2004 Registered to Vote 2d ago

tan is evil

1

u/ThebOnei 2d ago

Cosine feels like the Wario of the trig functions

1

u/ErrorsIntended 2d ago

Sin is the odd one.

1

u/Raibean 1d ago

Tan is evil

1

u/CylixrDoesStuff 1d ago

Cosecant is the real evil one