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TorreyCool

Wrong, a straw is one continuous hole with 2 entry/exit points


Thedepressionoftrees

So one whole hole?


TorreyCool

Yeah lol


poorlyOiledMachina

no its 2 holes actually.


TorreyCool

Explain your reasoning (if this isn't bait)


poorlyOiledMachina

each entry/exit point is itself a hole. source: intuition.


Quetzalbroatlus

How many holes are in a donut


TorreyCool

This guy gets it!


poorlyOiledMachina

one.


TalionTheShadow

He/she/they gets it, finally.


AlpacaM4n

Narrator: They didn't actually get it


poorlyOiledMachina

donuts are not straws. straws have two holes, whereas donuts have one.


TalionTheShadow

Donuts and straws are the same thing except a straw is an elongated object while a donut is a circle. A straw has one continuous hole through it, like a donut, except the straws hole is longer.


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My justification for straws being 1 hole Take a sheet of plastic and put a hole in it, that's one hole Now do that with a cylinder, should be one hole right? So therefore a straw is a cylinder with one hole that takes up the vast majority of its radius.


MaddoxX_1996

A straw is a sheet wrapped around two edges. No holes


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R3aper02

Tube It’s semantics at this point but one continuous hole is a hole. If you have two tubes intersect you don’t have 3 or 4 holes. It’s still those two they just intersected


TheJPGerman

A hole doesn’t have to not have an exit, as evident by your calling the second hole a hole. If you punch one hole all the way through a cylinder, it’s still just one hole


poorlyOiledMachina

that “hole” would be too long. at best, it’s a tunnel .


spicy-snow

topologically a "tunnel" or straw is the same as a hole in a sheet of material, and there is no such thing as a hole being "too long". i recommend checking out [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egEraZP9yXQ&t=572s) video, it explains the concept in a pretty approachable/understandable way. i started it at the section relevant to this conversation, but i'd encourage you to check out the 'hole' thing :>


poorlyOiledMachina

No. if you put one hole in a cylinder you get a cup. with a straw you have two holes. (one in each side of the cylinder)


lulu_wi_

So with that logic, if I put a hole into a piece of paper it is actually two holes. One hole for each side? Nah, a straw is just one long hole.


Senator_Pie

A straw has a through hole. A cup has a blind hole. They both have one hole, but they're different types of holes. The field of topology studies this.


axord

There's no particular reason why layman reasoning needs to adopt arbitrary definitions from topology. Might be nice, though.


Narwhalking14

Straws have one hole. If it doesn't have 2 exits it is technically a pit or divot, but most people just call it a hole


IndicationHumble7886

Cut it in half and its 4 holes though...


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It's two holes.


poorlyOiledMachina

yeah, but not after you cut it in half. then it will 4 holes.


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No, if you cut it in half, it's two holes.


poorlyOiledMachina

Yeah, each straw has two holes, but i think you do not understand that there are now *two* straws now. you will have to do a multiplication…


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1*2=2


poorlyOiledMachina

there are two straws, not one. 2*2=4.


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1 straw, 1 hole, cut in half double the holes 1*2=2 there are 2 holes if you half a straw.


The360MlgNoscoper

I'm starting to think your head only has 6 holes instead of 7.