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What it's like living in a Parallel Universe (pete.com)

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[–]avonwodahs 132 points133 points ago

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This is only true for Euclidean geometry. In elliptic or spherical geometry the lines may drift apart but will always rejoin. Much happier this way :)

[–]saute 39 points40 points ago

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Unless the other lines represent ogres.

[–]RumRunn3r33 2 points3 points ago

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But what if they represent orgies?

[–]joperation 0 points1 point ago

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then clusterfuck

[–]down_vote_magnet 8 points9 points ago

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They can never partner with another line. So they're basically confined to masturbation for eternity.

Meh. Same as this universe anyway.

[–]pleasebequiet 49 points50 points ago

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Forever aline.

[–]Mahler5 -3 points-2 points ago

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i think you misspelled "alone"

oh wait....I see what you did there...

[–]hpdefaults 5 points6 points ago

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Which is why learning to be a curve instead of a line can be beneficial.

[–]topazsparrow 2 points3 points ago

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Don't be linear, be curvy, ya dig?

[–]ferrarisnowday 1 point2 points ago

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A sine wave.

[–]ben26 2 points3 points ago

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if you look at possible lines in 3d, skew lines get closer and closer, but just before they meet they drift off for eternity. They really are forever alone.

[–]elkranger01 -1 points0 points ago

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forever skew

[–]canard_glasgow -2 points-1 points ago

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Although things could be worse.

http://imgur.com/Y52Ev

[–]Its_Phobos 102 points103 points ago

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It's not sad if you don't anthropomorphize the lines.

[–]FreudianAnalysis 32 points33 points ago

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Yeah, don't anthropomorphize lines; they hate that.

[–][deleted] 43 points44 points ago

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Fucking Disney ruined our society. I anthropomorphize everything.

[–]ycpunkrock 3 points4 points ago

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except pluto.

[–]trekkie00 1 point2 points ago

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Furries, ruining everything...

[–]Glitchmike 0 points1 point ago

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Disney didn't make the furries, Thundercats did.

[–]shiggiddie -2 points-1 points ago

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Go on . . . I am sensing some pent-up anger, here

[–]rbert 11 points12 points ago

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Many of you feel bad for these lines. That is because you are crazy. They have no feelings.

[–]Boon_Retsam 0 points1 point ago

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I think it's meant to be an analogy for humans.

Like, two people who meet and know each other for a short time, but then forever drift apart. And two people who are near each other, maybe never truly connect, but stay near each other for their lives, as well.

[–]foxhaunt 0 points1 point ago

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Well what the hell are the lines unless we relate them to the girl of our dreams or a glimpse of another universe.

[–]foxhaunt 0 points1 point ago

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Well what the hell are the lines supposed to be unless we relate them to the girl of our dreams or a glimpse of another universe.

[–]CJGibson 17 points18 points ago

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What if I live in the Parallel Universe where Parallel means lines that are on top of each other forever?

[–]igobyalexis[S] 6 points7 points ago

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That sounds like an orgy

[–]CJGibson 8 points9 points ago

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Only if you have more than two!

[–]wolv 31 points32 points ago

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The site is down currently, but I'm pretty sure this is the source:

http://cowbirdsinlove.com/1098

[–]poptart2nd -1 points0 points ago*

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it saddens me that this post is not the top post.

edit: what part of your post are people downvoting? this infuriates me.

[–]wolv 1 point2 points ago

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Funny thing--now that the site is back up, I noticed the screentip on the image covers the point of the current top post regarding non-Euclidean geometry.

[–]AgoAndAnon 29 points30 points ago

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What's even more sad is that lines go on forever.

You don't.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points ago

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In a parallel universe, you could die but you're never dead, spider web

[–]aih 2 points3 points ago

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I'm with you...

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Cannot wait for it!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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I guess you hear the beloved song

[–]thattallfellow 1 point2 points ago

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Under the sea, Patchface lives forever, I know, oh oh oh!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Comment from a half-wit fool in a parallel universe?

[–]PrinceAuryn 0 points1 point ago

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This is the kind of crap that made me not interested in math when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade. Teachers would say these kinds of things like, "Lines go on forever, and parallel lines never meet ever." And I would feel sorry for them. And then of course I'd think about what forever meant, and about death and what it's like to know your choice is dying in 100 years, or living forever and never meeting another line that's next to you.

And by then it was recess and I hadn't listened to a word the teacher had said. So that night homework was difficult.

[–]is_russian 40 points41 points ago

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OR YOU COULD BE A GLORIOUS PAIR OF SINE AND COSINE WAVES WITH EVERY INCREASING FREQUENCY! NOT ONLY DO YOU INTERSECT FOR REST OF FOREVER, BUT YOU EVENTUALLY INTERSECT CONTINUOUSLY!

[–]ilmmad 11 points12 points ago

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Yeah or you could just be two lines on top of each other...

Also way to attribute the source.

[–]n0rs 1 point2 points ago

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You could also have 2 under-damped system response curves which would oscillate at first but eventually settle on the same point depending on relative gain.

[–]whaaaaaaaaa 3 points4 points ago

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thanks for ruining a beautiful metaphor, jerk!

[–]fried_chicken 12 points13 points ago

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What about the skew lines? The often neglected and discriminated against humble skew line. Neither parallel nor intersecting. Now that's a miserable existence.

[–]dustinechos 3 points4 points ago

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And for any two given lines, the odds of them being skew are infinitely higher than being parallel or intersecting.

[–]jokr004 0 points1 point ago

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But skew lines can't exist in two dimensions!

[–]Mopo3 2 points3 points ago

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But we experience the world in 3d so isn't that how we should consider the situation?

[–]IMA_Squirrel_AMA 12 points13 points ago

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This describes my dating life perfectly.

[–]auxiliary-character 4 points5 points ago

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What about coincident lines? They have everything in common and are always together.

[–]SocialIssuesAhoy 2 points3 points ago

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A repost which doesn't refer to the image in the same context? I like this!

[–]zero_mod_p 2 points3 points ago

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In Elliptic Geometry, they all meet each other!

[–]Rampant_baconator 2 points3 points ago

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That's why I tend to live in a sin/cosin curve universe

[–]Rubin0 1 point2 points ago

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But what if they're just line segments?

hmmmm?

[–]anexanhume 1 point2 points ago

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I prefer just being normal. Meet once and fuck, then continue in an equally different direction as before.

[–]CookieJarvis 1 point2 points ago

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Grow a third dimension, sissy.

[–]Phoenix_Heat 1 point2 points ago

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Insert comment about sin and cos graphs

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[–]Dewstain 0 points1 point ago

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Nope, only y=-x parking is available

[–]Archaic44 1 point2 points ago

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since when are lines happy or sad? it's just data.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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That only works for 2d representations.... If its a 3D space with the lines, they can be not parallel and never meet. That's even worse

[–]Dewstain 0 points1 point ago

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Excellent point!

[–]jets1256 1 point2 points ago

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Better to have intersected once than never to have intersected at all.

[–]PlanetUrasshole 1 point2 points ago

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forever a line

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Graph paper. Fuckin sluts.

[–]Kle1ner 1 point2 points ago

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I reject your universe and submit my own.

[–]revicon 1 point2 points ago

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This is assuming we're living in a 2D world, which of course we're not.

[–]GrahamCoxon 0 points1 point ago

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It's okay, they might get to visit curved spacetime some time soon!

[–]snowbirdie -1 points0 points ago

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OP's post is only true in Euclidean geometry. That's like saying all triangle angles add up to 180 degrees. For many decades, we've known we lived in curved spacetime, thanks to Einstein's realization of gravity.

While OP's post is cute. It's based on ancient thinking.

[–]GrahamCoxon 0 points1 point ago

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That's what I wanted to say but was too darned nice to...

[–]obstacle32 0 points1 point ago

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Good thing we are not all straight lines.

[–]TheDroopy 0 points1 point ago

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Isn't this part of an old comic? I remember it ending with a sine wave......

[–]R3DINK 0 points1 point ago

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Is this Demitri Martin? It sounds just like something he would say.

[–]Rohanster 0 points1 point ago

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yeah it's from his show, Important Things with Demetri Martin

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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FRIENDZONE OR FUCK BUDDIES?

[–]aDildoAteMyBaby 0 points1 point ago

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But that red one is gonna hit the parallel ones pretty soon. I guess they can hang out.

Unless it's a metaphor for a mugging. Then it sucks for the parallels.

[–]MCC5 0 points1 point ago

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At least parallel lines never separate from one another and always run side by side.

[–]demodawid 0 points1 point ago

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Unless you're on the projective plane, then parallel lines are awesome because they are always right next to each other and then they meet.

[–]toeknee581 0 points1 point ago

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now I'm sad

[–]EGKW 0 points1 point ago

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La Linea!

[–]CDT6713 0 points1 point ago

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assuming that universes are linear.

[–]starrlaboo 0 points1 point ago

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I believe this was first stated by Plato, and is the basis of the "Platonic friendship." The 2 people are represented by the lines. If parallel, they can remain close but never touch. Once 2 lines touch, they move in opposite directions.

[–]starrlaboo 0 points1 point ago

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I believe this was first stated by Plato, and is the basis of the "Platonic friendship." The 2 people are represented by the lines. If parallel, they can remain close but never touch. Once 2 lines touch, they move in opposite directions.

[–]zelani 0 points1 point ago

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Relevant.

[–]unclebigbadd 0 points1 point ago

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I hate it when you can't manage to stay in just one. Little things out of place when they haven't moved is really annoying.

[–]invincibleme 0 points1 point ago

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but being that we live in three dimensional space, you could stand from a reference point that would make those parallel lines look like they were always on top of each other. happier and more erotic; everyone's happy. doing this right?

[–]CactusA 0 points1 point ago

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This made me remember this game: http://www.pixelate.de/games/the-black-forest/episode/4

that's about something similar

[–]Bixby66 0 points1 point ago

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Like that only with more zeppelins. Seriously most parallel universes are that cliche zeppelin universe.

[–]j1mmie 0 points1 point ago

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'Tis better to have crossed and lost than never to have crossed at all.

[–]thorizzle117 0 points1 point ago

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what about lines approaching an asymptote? Friend zoned. close, but never close enough.

[–]slyte 0 points1 point ago

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How is parallel any better? They never meet. Isn't it better to have loved and lost it then never loved at all? I could see a philosopher raptor on this.

[–]djloreddit 0 points1 point ago

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thats a shitty title

[–]gauriemma 0 points1 point ago

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What about wavy lines? They get to meet up, separate from each other but still hang out nearby, get together again briefly, etc.

They're like the 'friends with benefits' of lines!

[–]Say_Ocean 0 points1 point ago

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Lines don't move though, so really they're in constant connection.

[–]Intr0vert 0 points1 point ago

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Is that you, mitch?

[–]graogrim 0 points1 point ago

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What's it like living in a parallel universe?

It's along the same lines.

[–]heymister 0 points1 point ago

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I use this to teach storylines in fiction. Screw the whole idea of plot structure -- what's important is character interaction.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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I guess reddit is tumblr now?

[–]CaptainQuattro 0 points1 point ago

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This is a great analogy for relationships.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Emo mathematician is emo.

[–]stivo 0 points1 point ago

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lucky for us humans we can change our path

[–]runtmc 0 points1 point ago

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try Ketamine

[–]TheJoePilato 0 points1 point ago

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This sounds like a Dmitri Martin joke...

[–]Falconjb 0 points1 point ago

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Why I like circles.

[–]pull_my_finger_ 0 points1 point ago

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these are straight lines.

what if lines are bent or curved. alot possibilities.

[–]poeticdisaster 0 points1 point ago

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Only if you assign emotions to non-living geometric concepts... which to me is kinda sad...

[–]rossiohead -1 points0 points ago

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Parallel lines meet at infinity. Deep...

[–]herpderpredditor 3 points4 points ago

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They dont.

[–]rossiohead -2 points-1 points ago

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:) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projective_geometry

[–]mstaniloiu -3 points-2 points ago

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Oh but they do... check your math facts please!

[–]demodawid 4 points5 points ago

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Herpderpredditor is right in euclidean geometry, and you guys are right in projective geometry. Happy?

[–]Dewstain 2 points3 points ago

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Ahhh, good old Euclidean Geometry, or as I like to call it, "normal math".

[–]alexgeek -1 points0 points ago

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I came here to post this, stop downvoting him and learn some maths bitches.

[–]Dewstain 1 point2 points ago

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The OP is not indicating a projective plane. You are the one that needs to learn some math.

[–]rossiohead 0 points1 point ago

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The OP didn't indicate a non-projective plane, either. :)

I wasn't posting it to be haughty or to Throw Down a nerdrage debate; it was just a one-off comment, and I figured anyone genuinely confused would just Google for "parallel lines meet at infinity" and find that it is indeed a useful and common construct.

[–]Dewstain 0 points1 point ago

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I would refute the "commonality" of it; I studied it in one course, Linear Algebra, and I took many many math classes.

I would also hold that the paper and drawing indicates Euclidean math and thus a non-projective plane.

Just my Nerdrage kicking in.

[–]kronik85 0 points1 point ago

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yeah, in 2 planes... in 3 planes things could be even sadder.

[–]sheboygan -1 points0 points ago

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that's not a parallel universe that is this universe

[–]Alandor -1 points0 points ago

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Just to notice, yeah, universe is a no feelings bitch.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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Parallel Universe is a sad, sad place.

[–]parallel_universe 0 points1 point ago

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How did you know....

[–]mushrooshi -1 points0 points ago

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There is a pretty cool anime called Steins;Gate that deals with this concept.

[–]vohit4rohit -1 points0 points ago

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downvote for making me cry

[–]YUNoDie -1 points0 points ago

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So you are saying that it is impossible to know if parallel universes exist?

[–]nateschumacher -2 points-1 points ago

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If I want to see this dumb shit, I'll go to fucking tumblr.

[–]rockinoutloud -2 points-1 points ago

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Parallel lines meet in ∞ !

[–]Dewstain -1 points0 points ago

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Nope!

[–]rockinoutloud -2 points-1 points ago

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" However, you can construct other forms of geometry, so-called non-Euclidean geometries. For example, you can take the usual points of the plane and attach to them an additional point called "infinity" and consider all lines to also include this additional point. In this context, there is a single "infinity" location where all lines meet. In a geometry like this, all lines intersect at infinity, in addition to any finite point where they might happen to meet."

http://www.math.toronto.edu/mathnet/questionCorner/infinity.html

[–]Dewstain 0 points1 point ago

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The OP is showing Euclidean math. You're not.

It's like saying that cancer doesn't kill because people die of gunshot wounds.

[–]rockinoutloud -2 points-1 points ago

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Irrelevant.

[–]Dewstain 0 points1 point ago

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Actually, what you posted is irrelevant to the OP.

[–]rockinoutloud 0 points1 point ago

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bitch, be cool.

[–]surells -2 points-1 points ago

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parallel lines meet at infinity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_at_infinity

[–]Dewstain 1 point2 points ago*

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No they don't. That's for perspective only; mathematically, the difference between x=1 and x=2 as they approach infinity will remain 1, no matter what.

Now, if you're talking about the intersection at the vanishing point of a projective plane, then you are correct. However, the original post is not showing that.

[–]surells 0 points1 point ago

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I wish the OK guy was in the style sheet

[–]surells 0 points1 point ago

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on a final side note though, i wasn't talking about the vanishing point of a projective plane, but rather parallel lines in relation to curves seeing as space time is curved. Hence the point a triangle with two 90 degree angles meet at infinity, even though they are parallel, but that's more of a theoretical physics idea than a pure math one. http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/65379.html I think...

[–]Fuco1337 0 points1 point ago

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It's a very valid idea, the only problem is that it does not work in euclidean geometry. Our universe is not euclidean, that's probably where the "physics" in your comment is coming from.

[–]iPoopedInYourHat -2 points-1 points ago

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Parallel lines meet at infinity.

[–]Dewstain 0 points1 point ago

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No they don't.

[–]iPoopedInYourHat -2 points-1 points ago

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Yes they do.

[–]Dewstain 0 points1 point ago

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Not in the OP's example.

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