Spyke
lemmy.world

7 inches diameter, radius, or circumference?

We need more information, for reasons...

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I feel like they are probably just guesstimating by using goatse as a source, so diameter?

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lauhareply
lemmy.world

Any normal person would assume diameter and no-one outside of mathematics would assume radius in this context.

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My first assumption was diameter but then thinking about how this is tested I bet it is width, so half circumference.

That means D=4.45” so just over one raccoon, maybe one raccoon and a trinket it found and won’t let go.

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looks up raccoon skeleton geometry and algorithms to solve square packing problem

Because I'm pretty sure it's more than two.

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_stranger_reply
lemmy.world

Ok, yes, but... it's likely not three. And fractional racoons aren't recommended for...well anything really.

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Do not ask if you should, ask only if you could!

And consider: if the widest part of a raccoon compresses to 4" on one axis, its entirely plausible you could pack two in side by side on the narrower axis, perhaps angled in a V shape, with another across above them, against the roof of the sphincter

I wouldn't bet on a 4th, but also would not rule it out without firmer numbers than I have.

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The same way not everyone can run like Usain Bolt not everyone can stretch like Goatse.

One racoon tops, in a good day.

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