At work we somehow landed on the topic of how many holes a human has, which then evolved into a heated discussion on the classic question of how many holes does a straw have.

I think it’s two, but some people are convinced that it’s one, which I just don’t understand. What are your thoughts?

    • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠
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      -31 year ago

      Doughnuts don’t have holes, “donutholes” notwithstanding. A doughnut is a torus. If you poke through the side of a doughnut, then it has a hole.

        • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠
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          21 year ago

          Sure, but it’s a pancake with a hole in it. Pancakes ought to be disks (which is, topologically, a squashed sphere).

          If you put a hole in a doughnut it is no longer a torus. A hole deforms the manifold of an object.

    • @SaakoPaahtaa
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      -151 year ago

      Just realized humans are topological donuts

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        You guys are all getting down voted and this misses out on the pure entertainment value of these comments

      • silly goose meekah
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        1 year ago

        Almost. First you need to choose the minimum size of a hole. If you define a hole as something just a bit larger than skin pores, a human has 7 holes. Even when defining a hole as something around 1cm, you have at least 3 holes (your nostrils, mouth and anus share one cavity).