• Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    1 rose works well in a small vase.

    2 roses means the go left and right, which looks weird.

    4 roses are the same, either it’s unbalanced or split.

    3 and 5 mean you have an even number, plus a middle.

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      2 hours ago

      My first thought was that odd numbers have soft edges, and even numbers are hard. I don’t really know why I feel this way, but I always have. Your comment made me realise that geometry might have something to do with it.

      What I still don’t fully understand though, is why I attribute personality types to numbers the way I do. Why do I think that 7 is dim–witted, and 2 is arrogant? You don’t have to have an answer. I just think about it sometimes.