1029: Drawing Stars

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Drawing Stars

Title text: Screw these 36-degree angles. I'm converting to Judaism.

Explanation

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In this comic, Randall attempts to draw a five-pointed star, which is one of the toughest things to draw for whatever reason. The title text references the fact that a five-pointed star has all angles at 36 degrees what sums to 180, like a common triangle. This pentagram is the simplest regular star polygon in geometry. Also, it references that one of the symbols of Judaism is a six pointed star which is much easier to draw because it is composed of two equilateral triangles. (Citation Needed) 5 pointed stars may be easier for some because they can be drawn in one continuous motion.

Transcript

HOW TO DRAW A STAR:

[A slightly curved line is drawn, starting with a point near the top center of the panel, and going downward and to the left at approximately a 23-degree angle, with an arrow at the end.]

[Another slightly curved line goes up and to the right, creating a 34-degree angle with the first line.]

So far so good...

[A third line goes up and to the left, creating a 58-degree angle with the last line. The drawing now sort of resembles a tent being blown over in the wind.]

Steady as she goes...

[The fourth line goes down and to the right, creating an approximately 47-degree angle with the last line, and our star is beginning to look a bit askew.]

...uh oh.

Shitshitshit

[The fifth line comes up at a 48-degree angle, completely missing the first point by a mile, and our star has failed spectacularly.]

ABORT!

ABORT!

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