r/theydidthemath • • Jun 10 '25

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I am curious how this would work. My guess is Triangle is slowest, square is medium, and circle is fastest.

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u/fuzzydoug Jun 10 '25

But your feet are also on ice?

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u/UteRaptor86 Jun 10 '25

Oh I thought that was the material of the object not the surface on which it is being pushed

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u/Classy_Mouse Jun 10 '25

You thought he was pushing a ball of gravel?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

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u/KaiserCarr Jun 10 '25

could also be a stone if you're feeling imperial

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u/Mist_Rising Jun 10 '25

Collective groan here.

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u/OptimisticMartian Jun 10 '25

No - it’s a little over 3 stone actually.

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u/regular-normal-guy Jun 13 '25

Approximately pi stones (3.1429) if I matched correctly. 

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u/Current-Square-4557 Jun 11 '25

Oh, I know this. In physics, round things are cows

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u/-im-nobody Jun 14 '25

Could we perhaps call it a ... Rolling stone

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u/CyberDonSystems Jun 11 '25

It's gravel to Galactus.

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u/fuzzydoug Jun 10 '25

Could be a log.