# Angles are real and we walk between them **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 28, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434 "2012-12-28T22:42:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/41 "2013-01-01T09:45:04Z")
At this rate I’m going to have to cosh someone. (Mods, that’s not a serious threat - I’m just using hyperbole.) ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/42 "2013-01-01T10:45:12Z")
There’s no such thing as angles, only extremely steep curves. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/43 "2013-01-01T17:17:51Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Beware the Hounds of Tindalos! They come out of the angles! Most awesome post of the year! ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/44 "2013-01-01T19:54:28Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > Well, they are. Like where the walls and floor and ceiling meet, or in the corners of doorframes. I’m walking between them all the time. We could say the same for parallel lines. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/45 "2013-01-01T20:06:22Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > There’s no such thing as angles, only extremely steep curves. [serious break]Untrue - any curve, no matter how steep, has a tangent at any point, and hence a gradient at any point. The gradient of a line with an angle in it is undefined at the angle, e.g. the function y = |x|, where the gradient is -1 as x –\> 0 from below and +1 as x –\> 0 from above, and hence is not uniquely either (nor any other value) at x = 0. [/sb] ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/46 "2013-01-01T22:18:38Z")
> [@NoCoolUserName](#): > > Most awesome post of the year! Thanks; I was wondering if anyone got the reference… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/47 "2013-01-02T00:51:02Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > It’s those godless bastards that live in dome homes that I pity. > Nowhere to hang a picture even. And don’t even think about what happens when they tell their kids to go sit in the corner. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/48 "2013-01-02T05:53:00Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > [serious break]Untrue - any curve, no matter how steep, has a tangent at any point, and hence a gradient at any point. The gradient of a line with an angle in it is undefined at the angle, e.g. the function y = |x|, where the gradient is -1 as x –\> 0 from below and +1 as x –\> 0 from above, and hence is not uniquely either (nor any other value) at x = 0. [/sb] Go away, you evil Doper-person! When I want my ignorance fought, I’ll let you know. 🙂 In the meantime, I’m having fun , and wondering how Satan will deal with the [del]archangels[/del] arcs and angles. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/49 "2013-01-02T06:08:53Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > We have a house that looks like a blue golfball up the street from us. It’s quite interesting to look at. Oh, it’s all smiles until someone with golf clubs comes along. > [@cochrane](#): > > And don’t even think about what happens when they tell their kids to go sit in the corner. You must be stern about it. Then watch them go nuts trying to comply. > [@Malacandra](#): > > [serious break]Untrue - any curve, no matter how steep, has a tangent at any point, and hence a gradient at any point. The gradient of a line with an angle in it is undefined at the angle, e.g. the function y = |x|, where the gradient is -1 as x –\> 0 from below and +1 as x –\> 0 from above, and hence is not uniquely either (nor any other value) at x = 0. [/sb] I’m afraid I’m going to have to side with chappachula and tell you to get bent. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/50 "2013-01-02T10:06:22Z")
Sorry, guys. This is the Dope, and you get your ignorance fought whether you like it or not. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/51 "2013-01-02T10:07:10Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > At this rate I’m going to have to cosh someone. > > (Mods, that’s not a serious threat - I’m just using hyperbole.) You got have a big _parabolas_ to make comments like that. Si ---
**Author:** ![Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/52 "2013-01-02T10:59:27Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > Yeah, me, neither. After I started it I thought I was being a turd because of how sparkly warm the Angel thread was. > > Oh, there’s no pun in this post - still, it’s funny, no? LOL. This thread is all right. The perpendicular course of this thread is acute. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/53 "2013-01-03T19:31:58Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Thanks; I was wondering if anyone got the reference… Yeah, I bet you love crafting clever responses like that one. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/54 "2013-01-03T19:35:42Z")
> [@si\_blakely](#): > > You got have a big _parabolas_ to make comments like that. Don’t go all non-Euclidean on us. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/55 "2013-01-04T03:27:19Z")
How many angles are on the head of a pin anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/56 "2013-01-04T22:33:20Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > How many angles are on the head of a pin anyway? What diameter? I asked in a pizza shop how big the large and small pizzas were, and they told me the large was eight slices and the small was six. So, I think it matters. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/57 "2013-01-05T02:16:14Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > What diameter? > > I asked in a pizza shop how big the large and small pizzas were, and they told me the large was eight slices and the small was six. > > So, I think it matters. Well, ya know, they just take the same size pizza and slice it into six, because some people can’t eat eight slices. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/58 "2013-01-05T04:57:27Z")
But where do the Jutes fit into all this? Twisted into a coil of rope and shoved in a forgotten corner? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/59 "2013-01-05T11:03:40Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > But where do the Jutes fit into all this? Twisted into a coil of rope and shoved in a forgotten corner? I thought they had Israel now. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434/60 "2013-01-05T13:38:52Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > How many angles are on the head of a pin anyway? ALL of them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angles-are-real-and-we-walk-between-them/645434.md?page=4)