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An old Soviet joke. Professor in a math class calls out a student to draw a circle on the blackboard. The student makes a perfect one; the Platonic ideal of a
by varjag 6y ago
An old Soviet joke.
Professor in a math class calls out a student to draw a circle on the blackboard. The student makes a perfect one; the Platonic ideal of a circle in one swift, generous motion. The professor is impressed and inquiries, how come?
- See, all I did in my two years of military service was operating a meat grinder.
- grae_QED 6y agoEven if you didn't mention it was a Soviet joke, I'd know it was Russian.
- tzs 6y agoThere are actually people who can quickly draw really good circles. Here's a video of Alexander Overwijk, who has won the World Freehand Circle Drawing Championship numerous times, drawing a circle [1]. Here's Michael Clauss, who ended a streak of 9 consecutive Overwijk wins [2]. Here's some footage of the first World Freehand Circle Drawing Championship in 2007, showing several different contestents [3]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAhfZUZiwSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAhfZUZiwSE [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9NgVbEhe44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9NgVbEhe44 [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1J5ANnq0T8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1J5ANnq0T8
- d0mine 6y ago“Giotto used the perfect circle to demonstrate the level of artistry he earned” http://theorbitbrown.com/site/the-perfect-circle/ http://theorbitbrown.com/site/the-perfect-circle/ sometimes it is attributed to Michelangelo or Leonardo da Vinci
- anchpop 6y agoI don't get the joke haha, can someone explain it?
- Etheryte 6y agoA manual meat grinder [0] is operated by running a hand crank that moves in a circular motion. The implication is that after two years of having done only this one job, the motion is instilled in the hand such that they can now draw perfect circles. The Soviet army was infamous for both its cruelty and the pointless repetitive errands the conscripts would have to do. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_grinder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_grinder