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suzukigun4life t1_j39ntzh wrote

Yeah, I'll just continue to look at it as a rectangle instead.

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heynaldo88 t1_j3ahbp4 wrote

Just like the common name for a quadrilateral is a “rectangle”, the common name for a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon is a “Colorado”

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INTHEMIDSTOFLIONS t1_j3amb7q wrote

Idc what OP says, Colorado is a fucking rectangle. 4 sides.

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KatieCashew t1_j3aq4nr wrote

My elementary school project where we made 3d maps of Colorado using a box lid as a base agrees with you.

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AsH_mAiN_6 t1_j3azdsj wrote

Because of the curve of the earth the buttom is actually bigger then the top yes as a coloradian myself it a rectangle but with the slight bend on the top and bottom ig it gives it more sides

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-1KingKRool- t1_j3b2kk5 wrote

It’d be a trapezoid then.

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alexmikli t1_j3bvrv9 wrote

There's probably some bullshit rivers or rocks or cattle farms that slightly deform the rectangle in 693 places.

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gualdhar t1_j3e0cr8 wrote

It could have been surveying errors as well. Not like surveyors had GPS when the borders were finalized.

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