As controversial a question as ‘what colour is this dress?’
One in three people believe a straw has two holes…
Yeah, slow down on the exciting facts. It’s still early.
How many holes does a straw have, though?
It’s one of those questions that will usually only appear in one of two places; an episode of QI or on the back of the rolling papers designed for people who want to ponder the deeper questions while stoned. It is now also the question that has driven Twitter insane.
And the culprit is one such user who could not reach a conclusion on the matter with her friends over lunch.
Posting the question online, the response has ended up turning this into a sequel to the dress after a total of 91,085 votes were cast.
We had a riveting discussion about this at lunch, but I want to hear from all of you: Does a straw have one or two holes?
— Jess Marfisi (@jessdrawz) January 26, 2018
So the general consensus was that a straw has one hole, but as a few Twitter users began to point out, this is actually a question with many variables.
One hole if it's straight, two if it's bendy
— Chillers of the Growler Moon (@santaclouse) January 26, 2018
We never factored in the bendy straws. We never factored in anything, because realistically nobody actually cared. Or at least, we assumed nobody cared.
https://twitter.com/NoughtPointFour/status/957261808200495105
One online philosopher decided to close off the debate by asking if we thought a doughnut had two holes too.
straws have one hole. would you say a donut has 2 holes? no. a straw is just a long plastic donut. its not long enough to get away with having 2 holes. humans are long enough donuts to have 2 holes, humans even have several holes. straws are not human length
— coconut (@heycoco_art) January 24, 2018
This theory unfortunately seems to reap very few rewards, with one user saying a similar debate over a theorem drove mathematicians crazy for almost a century.
https://twitter.com/nickwan/status/957382597147021313
It is a complete and utter rabbit hole, which will undoubtedly bring greatness to one budding mathematician, while driving thousands of others insane.
I REGRET MAKING THIS POLL LILY, I REALLY DO
— Jess Marfisi (@jessdrawz) January 27, 2018
I REGRET MAKING THIS POLL LILY, I REALLY DO
— Jess Marfisi (@jessdrawz) January 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/xtallulahhx/status/956164219501719555
Truly you’ve done it again, internet.
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