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[Frumple]

Will say for the canned chicken (or a lot of things, really), a bit of seasoning goes a long way. Cheapo teriyaki or soy sauce has long been my go-to, there. Tends to be pretty strong, so you don't need much, can sit around for a while, soy at the absolute least doesn't really need refrigeration, etc.

Nowadays I'd probably pick up some curry powder or lemon pepper or whatever, so yeah, definitely second that suggestion. Stuff tends to not need much, so it goes a long way.

... similarly, if you do pick up ramen etc. noodles, just... don't use all of a flavor pack. Use like a third or a quarter, the about the same in other stuff you fix up. The seasoning involved is both extremely strong and extremely bad for you, so rationing it out over several meals can be... wise.

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[methylatedspirit]

I'd like to ask you guys a question. Do the shapes below look like they have the same area? Don't pull out your calculator or whatever, just tell me if they look like they occupy the same amount of 2D space. They're on the same x-y scale; 1 unit of length on one shape is the same unit of length on the other. I'll reveal the answer in... whenever I think I have enough answers.

[wierd]

They look approximately the same area to me..  There's a neural predisposition to say the blue figure is smaller, but if you look more earnestly at the area of the rectangle covered, (or rather, NOT covered, by the red figure), they seem pretty equivalent in area.

[King Zultan]

They look the same to me.

[scriver]

I'd like to ask you guys a question. Do the shapes below look like they have the same area? Don't pull out your calculator or whatever, just tell me if they look like they occupy the same amount of 2D space. They're on the same x-y scale; 1 unit of length on one shape is the same unit of length on the other. I'll reveal the answer in... whenever I think I have enough answers.

No, one appear to be a bit to the left of the other

[wierd]

Well, yes, but that was not the question.


The question was if they appear to have the same area or not.

[methylatedspirit]

Second and third question: how long did it take for you to come to your conclusion? If you saw that for 10-ish seconds (such as in a presentation), would you get the same answer?

[scriver]

If I was this question with these two symbols I would I assume they are the same because of the question and the shape of the two symbols not looking alike

[Frumple]

I mean, the black shape is clearly the largest of the three, area wise.

Dunno how long it took to come to that conclusion, though. Less than a minute, at least? Took re-reading the question to make sure it didn't specify number or specific shapes, just "shapes" plural with no further specificity, which leaves you with a red and blue that may or may not comprise roughly the same area and a black that's probably larger than the other two combined.

[Kagus]

If we're judging between the red and the blue, I'd say no... Red seems like it'd be slightly smaller. I say that because that's how it went in my brain when trying to smoosh it into sort of the same shape as blue. Then again, I have historically terrible awareness for these things, so YMMV.

If I saw that for less time during a presentation? No, I'd probably just assume that they were both the same size, because that's exactly the kind of typical shit someone would pull to illustrate how "wild and crazy" our perceptions of things are.


EDIT: In regards to food and stuff, black turtle beans actually have higher iron content than spinach! But you don't get the phytonutrients from leafy greens 

[Rolan7]

If I was this question with these two symbols I would I assume they are the same because of the question and the shape of the two symbols not looking alike

Yeah, this.  It took me another 5 seconds or so to gauge the shapes and determine that the one on the left appears larger.  But I assume they're the same size (either could be larger, though, if it's an extra tricky gambit).

[WealthyRadish]

My first thought is that blue looks like the complement of red's parabola and would be twice as big, but the corners don't look quite right.

[Eschar]

My first thought is that blue looks like the complement of red's parabola and would be twice as big, but the corners don't look quite right.

Same here.

By which I mean "this was my thought process as well," not "I don't look quite right," though I guess you would have to judge for yourself

[wierd]

Nope. It most certainly is NOT the parabolic compliment.




What I did in my head, is more like this:




(The green boundaries are not identical, this is a quick and dirty in MS paint. Sue me.)

In order for Red Shape, and Blue Shape to have the same area, the remainder fractions A and B must also be equal.

You can EASILY deduce that the blue shape is NOT the parabolic compliment, because it neatly fits inside its 50% of the bounding box triangle. If it was the parabolic compliment, it would cross that imaginary line.