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My glass broke, but the handle is keeping these two pieces together (europe.pub)
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[–] 12 points 6 days ago (7 children)

I think it's an art piece now

On that note

these two pieces together

Is it all one big piece, or is it three pieces working together 😄

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 6 days ago (6 children)

    Yes, I had to fight my own pedantry to post that phrasing! It's one piece, but calling it two pieces connected by a handle is the only way I could think of to describe it and actually be understood. I challenge you to come up with a title for this which is both easy to understand and topologically accurate.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    but calling it two pieces connected by a handle is the only way I could think of to describe it and actually be understood

    Yes completely fair! I'm actually not sure about what would count as a separate "piece" with glassware and ceramics. There's probably a mereological argument for why its one or the other

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  • [–] 2 points 6 days ago

    If you consider a mug to consist of two parts, the handle and the cup, the cup has broken into pieces and the handle is holding two of them together. So I think "two pieces held together by the handle" is the most correct way to describe it.

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