How many holes does a straw have?

Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by Sande4, Jan 10, 2020.

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  1. Very very controversial

    1 or 2? and why?
    Sande4, Jan 10, 2020
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  2. Can we please get this moved to the controversial section? This is quite the controversial topic.

    Also, the answer is 1. Anyone who tells you different is lying.
    WitherDoggie, Jan 10, 2020
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  3. 100%
    Elaeriic, Jan 10, 2020
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  4. There is actually hundreds of holes- you see- the bottom of your straw is actually a portal to the space-time continuum. When you go to sip up a liquid it travels through hundreds of times and spaces until it reaches your mouth. Each portal has an enterence and an exit which means these hundreds of holes are doubled.

    This makes total sense if you inspect DrPepper- it is obviously a drink that came from a much advanced civilization than our own which must mean it somehow traveled through space-time.

    AmusedStew, Jan 10, 2020
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  5. You couldn't suck through it if it had only 1 hole? it would be closed on the other end
    JeffSnortsGravl, Jan 10, 2020
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  6. It has 2 and I'm 100% right because um the Koolaid man and I'm the Koolaid girl? and I'm always right? hehe
    KoolAid42, Jan 10, 2020
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  7. Its full of holes, in the quantum physics world! Too many to count. ;)
    luckycordel, Jan 10, 2020
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  8. A question that only the best philosopher can answer, haha~
    Joy_the_Miner, Jan 10, 2020
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  9. well.. depends what point of view you look from
    FadedMartian, Jan 10, 2020
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  10. A straw is just one long hole.
    WitherDoggie, Jan 10, 2020
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  11. 1
    Starsphere, Jan 10, 2020
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  12. By definition #1, a hole is an opening, not the space within; a straw has an opening on either end, and thus has two holes.

    By definition #2, a hole is the space in a solid cavity. Definition #2 in turn yields two paths:
    1. Because the straw has an opening on each end, the central cavity is not considered "solid straw"; as such, it is not included in calculations of holes, and a straw, defined purely as the tube itself and not the space described within that cylinder, has zero holes assuming its walls are intact.
    2. Some, however, may argue that a straw deliberately describes a hollow space for fluid to pass through, and the central cavity must be considered as such; therefore, because a straw has one cavity and a hole is defined here as the cavity, not the aperture, a straw has one hole.
    In short:

    A straw may be no-holed,
    Have just one or a deuce,
    But all that depends
    On what meanings you use.
    Hashhog, Jan 11, 2020
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  13. The straw is as holey as it needs to be.
    SoulPunisher, Jan 11, 2020
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  14. The answer is 2.

    If it had just one hole, it would be closed on the other end...

    Although... this question is kind of vague.
    Stnywitness, Jan 11, 2020
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  15. You ought to have waited a day or two before posting this. Now there's honestly no point in anyone else posting anymore. :rolleyes:
    607, Jan 11, 2020
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  16. I still stand by my original answer. :cool:
    AmusedStew, Jan 11, 2020
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  17. If you take a hole and close it at one end it's not a hole anymore, it's just an indentation. So if a straw was closed at one end it wouldn't have any holes

    (Therefore a straw has one hole)
    99marvel, Jan 11, 2020
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  18. According to you, this is an indentation and not a hole.

    TomvanWijnen, Jan 11, 2020
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  19. Most defenitly a hole.
    Stnywitness, Jan 11, 2020
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  20. Technically a straw has 0 holes, as it is just a hollow cylinder with two openings on its poles.
    Skiddylicense04, Jan 11, 2020
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