I am a square triangle!
 

I am a square triangle.

Really.

Many of you already know why.

Can you explain this apparent gibberish?

The square-triangle theorem states that any nonnegative integer can be represented as the sum of a square, an even square, and a triangular number.

ahem.


that, or your head is triangular shaped and you're a bit of a fussbudget at parties.

I though it was a koan.

That might as well be in Greek for the sense it makes to me :P

That's because you spend all your time worrying about what your ancestors were about, or what your neighbors are up to. ;)

I'd 86 this whole thread, but I think 36ing it might be better.

You're a triangle because you believe in the holy trinity of God, Christ and the Holy Ghost.

You're a square for the same reason.

You just think you are a square triangle. You are really a dolphin.

I see myself as more of a circular trapezoid.

Shark.

So long and thanks for the fish!

Say, you people are clever (which we knew already). I think Brianna and SteveDallas are on the money, especially Steve. I had a whole bunch more clues lined up to trickle out bit by bit. Oh well.

If you're still confused, here's the full explanation:

I'm 36.

6 x 6 = 36, hence it is a square number.

It is also a triangular number:

1
2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

/thread.

Oooooh...you must be a mouse!

You're so clever.

*sigh* it only means one thing: He's too young for this crone.


dammit.

He's the same age as me.

Too young? Don't you know the creepy age factor equation?

Half your age + 7

So for me 44, half is 22, plus 7 is 29, so I could be with a 29 year old and it would not be creepy.

36, minus 7 is 29, times 2 is 58 so you would have to be 58 for it to be creepy to go out with someone 36.

I heard it was 1/2 your age +5

I heard it was age of consent in your jurisdiction plus 3 days.

that works!

C'mon man, three days is an eternity. :(

Sorry but that triangle appears off by the numbers 15, 21, 28, and 36.

this thread is bugging me, 'cause to me, a triangle is a female genital piercing that goes under the clitoris.

as for being square, well, I'd hold it against you, but I'm too hip for that. ;)

I thought that at first too, but it's just because of the font spacing. Match up the double-digit numbers to their single-digit counterparts above them: 11 with 7, 12 with 8, 13 with 9, 14 with 10, and then 15.

I know why it looks off. But still... if you lob off 15, 21, 28, and 36 it makes it look cleaner.

The Quadratic Equation is pretty ugly too. We should just lob off a few variables here and there. ;)

Ewwwwwwww
I'm the same age as Zen, I could be going out with a 25 year old.
No thanks!

BTW if you round up, 59 is the non-creepy age for us.
I know my friends would still find that creepy though.

Bud Abbott: You’re 40 years old, and you’re in love with a little girl, say 10 years old. You’re four times as old as that girl. You couldn’t marry that girl, could you?
Lou Costello: No...
Bud Abbott: So you wait 5 years. Now the little girl is 15, and you’re 45. You’re only three times as old as that girl. So you wait 15 years more. Now the little girl is 30, and you’re 60. You’re only twice as old as that little girl.
Lou Costello: She’s catching up.
Bud Abbott: Here’s the question. How long do you have to wait before you and that little girl are the same age?
Lou Costello: What kind of question is that? That’s ridiculous. If I keep waiting for that girl, she’ll pass me up. She’ll wind up older than I am. Then she’ll have to wait for me!

Uh huh. yeah sure. But how much does that box of potatoes weigh?

When I was about 28 I went out with an 'over 50' for a while. He wasn't far over 50, but he had already had his first heart attack. lol

In the end I decided he was definitely too old for me. First, I was always afraid I'd kill him in the sack and second his name was the same as my grandfathers.

I was too lazy to write the triangle out perfectly, I figured you'd get it.

It is triangular in the sense that each line has one more number than the line before, i.e they have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 etc numbers on each line progressively.

You'll notice that the change in the angle of the side of the triangle occurs where it changes from one digit to two digit numbers. The two digit angle will continue until we get to three digits, where it will change and become flatter again.

So we could re-write the triangle leaving extra spaces between the single digit numbers:

...............1
.............2...3
...........4...5...6
..........7..8 ...9.10
.......11 12 13 14 15
.....16 17 18 19 20 21
....22 23 24 25 26 27 28
..29 30 31 32 .33 34 35 36

Kthnxdrivethrunowplz.

Just don't order $75 of pizza on that card...

But it does like white out!

...............1
.............2...3
...........4...5...6
..........7..8 ..9.10
.......11 12 13 14 15
.....16 17 18 19 20 21
....22 23 24 25 26 27 28
..29 30 31 32 .33 34 35 36

..(There, fixed it for ya.)

Triangles are magic. Abracadabra can be made into a diminishing triangle, too.



Abracadabra
bracadabra
racadabra
acadabra
cadabra
adabra
dabra
abra
bra
ra
a

Anyone feel like a game of bowling? ;)

My last foray into romance was with a guy in his early 50s. If I'm honest i have to say it was a factor in my thinking when I was deciding to call it quits. Didn't bother me at first, but a couple of weeks in I started to feel the generation gap. We liked very different things and had different outlooks on things.

The worst bit was when I went over for Sunday lunch with him and his 17 year old son. There was a lot of tension between them and I ended up sitting there trying to make small talk...D was trying to be all sociable, but he was very gruff and scowly (without realising it I am sure) and there was an awkward silence hovering between him and his lad. All of a sudden I felt like I was back at the dinner table with my dad. *shudders*

I like older men but it certainly can get weird. I sometimes felt like a "kid", what with my horrid use of colloquialisms. My despicable speech. I sound like a sixteen year old...from the '80's, no less.

Wow, that must have been gnarly.

I'm currently dating a 40-year-old and I'm 25. There's really not that much awkwardness because we both like a lot of the same things, and to be honest I've always related much better to the last generation than the current one. -shrugs- I find older ladies and gentlemen generally have the bullshit out of the way, have settled down, and are ready for a serious relationship. My two cents :)

You and I have very different definitions of "serious" in this context. Not judging, just noting.

And triangles with real words

SPRINT
PRINT
PINT
PIN
IN
I


On ages of partners, a few years back I was 32 and met two attractive young lasses. Young. 18. Definitely too young for me at 32.
But I figured, there are two of them, right? and 18 + 18 = 36, right? and 36 is close enough to 32, right? So all I needed to do ... in your dreams, mate!...

Yes. The bear is white.

It isn't Greek it is geek

I was going to say pyramid. But that would have been dumb.

Square Triangle = Nerdy Gay Guy?

That would be square upside-down pink triangle...

http://www.math.cornell.edu/~mec/tripleright.jpg

(from here)

or 1/8 or 12.5% of the total surface area.