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[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 32 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No one really knows how horseys move and if they tell you they know, they are lying

[–] Sylver@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Somebody tried telling me horses move like an L once. Not mine, just W’s here.

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Funny, I was told it's a Г-shape. Even those to pretend to know don't agree. There is nothing else to say about it.

[–] dannym@lemmy.escapebigtech.info 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Well, if you want to get all mathemagical about it, a horsey moves as a mash-up of:

formula because lemmy doesn't do latex

That's right, horses move by doing what's known as the vector dance, in any direction they please. Checkmate, math style! 🐴

and if you look closely that looks like the kanji for ground 土 twice, so you know that they can't fly

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 11 points 10 months ago

I'm not a mathematician but that vector looks imaginary to me. Face it, it's not true. Someone made it up.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

The horseys move?