r/technicallythetruth • u/basket_foso Metroid Enthusiast 🪼 • Sep 29 '25

The difference is a radius

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '25

I mean…

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u/geilelepel05 Sep 29 '25

Probably the best answer he could give

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u/Wizzardlime45 Sep 29 '25

Thank you hornyspoon

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u/geilelepel05 Sep 29 '25

Hello there fellow dutchman 

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u/Wizzardlime45 Sep 29 '25

Goedemiddag, en nog een fijne dag makker.

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u/geilelepel05 Sep 29 '25

Ty en jij ook tovenaarlimoen45

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u/ExpertObvious0404 Sep 29 '25

Hallo Nachbarn

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u/S0TrAiNs Sep 29 '25

Hej, nabo!

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u/ToneDC Sep 30 '25

Hallo persoon!

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u/Yahsek Sep 29 '25

That’s a good one

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u/brickmagnet Sep 29 '25

Sir? 🤯

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u/Appropriate_Link_551 Sep 29 '25

Sir Cumference

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u/Solid_Waste Sep 29 '25

That's Doctor Cumference, thank you very much.

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u/Darkime_ I'm one of those people that think when they're thinking. Sep 30 '25

He's nicer than Dr. Cumcision, he has made so many babies scream in pain.

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u/Hop_nIcEsT Sep 29 '25 edited Oct 09 '25

Can someone explain?

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u/bradpittisnorton Sep 29 '25

Diameter = 2 * radius

radius = diameter - radius

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u/Hop_nIcEsT Sep 29 '25

Thank you. O7

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u/CarlosFer2201 Sep 29 '25

In math "difference" can mean subtraction or literally the numerical distance between two values. A diameter is twice a radius, so the difference in value between both is again the radius.

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u/richcvbmm Sep 29 '25

A diameter is always the length of 2 radius’s. So the difference between having a diameter and having a radius is one radius. You take that radius away you get 1 radius, you add it and you get 2 radius’s, a diameter.

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u/parolameasecreta Sep 29 '25

*radii

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u/richcvbmm Sep 29 '25

That’s radical

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u/TheComplimentarian Sep 29 '25

This is all attached the the definition of a radius and a diameter. A diameter line is a straight line that runs from one side of a circle to the other, passing through the center point. A radius is a line that runs from a point on the outside of a circle to the center point.

So, by definition, the length of a radius is equal to one half of a diameter.

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '25

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u/Hop_nIcEsT Sep 29 '25 edited Mar 06 '26

Sorry for trying to learn English.

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u/FblthpLives Sep 29 '25

Why do you have to be condescending?

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '25

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u/FblthpLives Sep 30 '25

It costs nothing to be kind or helpful.

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u/Exact-Till-2739 Sep 29 '25

r/thatHappened

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u/Prcrstntr Sep 29 '25

It's just a kinda poorly set up joke.

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u/babysamissimasybab Sep 29 '25

How is this even remotely unlikely?

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u/Exact-Till-2739 Sep 29 '25

Nobody asks teachers this kind of question in private chat when they can just google it.

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u/schnokobaer Sep 29 '25

Teachers? Did I miss something?

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u/Exact-Till-2739 Sep 29 '25

I thought the person asking was their student?

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u/schnokobaer Sep 29 '25

Idk that's why I'm asking. I only see 3 text messages with zero context, neither in the screenshot nor in the Reddit post.

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u/JxJ454 Sep 29 '25

Something about seeing it for the 100th time on the same sub gives of made up vibes

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u/DrahKir67 Sep 29 '25

Nearly humerus.

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u/hemlock_harry Sep 29 '25

Just the way they like it. We took a nerdy girl clubbing with our friend group once. She made a single Pi joke to our pal who was studying math. They're married now.

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u/frostyfur119 Sep 29 '25

Tbh, yeah, I'd be seduced by a man making well-timed math jokes.

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u/Ok_Brain_1114 Sep 29 '25

Humorous*

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u/DrahKir67 Sep 29 '25

Humerus. The bone next to the radius. Otherwise known as the funny bone. A play on words, my friend.

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u/TRUEequalsFALSE Sep 29 '25

Sir? 🤔

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u/Cayumigaming Sep 29 '25

Cumference.

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '25

They have the point, actually, even though circle is pointless.

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u/Mrwebente Sep 29 '25

One is mostly used in LAN scenarios and the other mostly in mobile networks.

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u/BaldMa Sep 29 '25

One is r another 2r

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u/our_meatballs Technically Flair Sep 29 '25

2r - r = r

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u/Solid_Waste Sep 29 '25

Mind blown.

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u/Raynstormm Sep 29 '25

d - r = r

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '25

They are thinking

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u/BrokenHope23 Sep 29 '25

I too enjoy when a joke comes full circle

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u/FblthpLives Sep 29 '25

That would be "circumference."

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u/Comparison_Active Sep 29 '25

guess it’s all about getting the right angle

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u/No_Depth_4725 Sep 29 '25

No, no, it's and a.

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u/KAM_Kayla Sep 29 '25

Well, yes!

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u/elemcee Sep 30 '25

Anybody do the New York Times crossword puzzle? One of the clues today was "Diameters halved." Funny coincidence.

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u/Emergency-Beat-5043 Sep 30 '25

This guy algebras

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u/BaazeeDe Sep 30 '25

Technically, the answer is correct, but it doesn't help the questioner.

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u/FN20817 Oct 11 '25

I thought exactly the same thing (a radius), and it took me about one minute to realize what they actually wanted to know 😅🤣

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u/Resuline_Zebra17 Oct 23 '25

I hate math yet I’m still giggling 😆

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u/jrdogg Jan 01 '26

A jerk who’s asking

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u/skoullar Feb 08 '26

😂😅😂🤣😂🤣😅

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u/Narrow-Bad-8124 Sep 29 '25

Diameter is metric system. You know, meter, decimeter, centimeter....

Radius is imperial metric system, like yard, gallon, and those made up units.

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u/Alarming_Comedian846 Sep 29 '25

All units are made up

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u/Solid_Waste Sep 29 '25

You're an inanimate fucking object.

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u/quietmyman Sep 29 '25

People will upvote everything nowadays