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SnooOranges5459 t1_je691ds wrote

you could dig a normal hole then fill in half the dirt. technically it’s still a hole but it is “half what the hole was” interesting to think abt though

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stumblewiggins t1_je6dqgq wrote

You can dig half of the intended hole, but yes, a hole is a discrete thing that has no inherent dimensions.

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Priest_of_Heathens t1_je6ewi8 wrote

What if none of the holes we dig are really holes because they don't pass all the way through the earth? Maybe you can only dig half a hole.

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LongLongMan_TM t1_je6h5lj wrote

Sure you can. If I get you to dig a 5 feet hole, it better be 5. Everything less is not the complete hole I ordered/commissioned.

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LadyOfMayhem211 t1_je6j1g1 wrote

Sure you can.

I asked my husband to remove a half dead bush from our front lawn. Out he went with a shovel and dug around it for five minutes before sticking the shovel in the ground and leaving it. He came in complaining about the roots being deep and went and napped.

That was two days ago and there is still half a hole next to that bush.

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Christy_Cola t1_je6k9ow wrote

If I dig it out all the way I might find what I have been needing and that scares the shit outta me

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daHob t1_je6kmyc wrote

I bet I could find a large number of drill sergeants that would vocally disagree with you.

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Skintents4days t1_je6nhdi wrote

If my buddy and I go dig a hole in the backyard we’ve each dig half a hole

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kyunirider t1_je6op8n wrote

Please don’t bury anyone half way. If you only bury half way your going to stink up the grave yard.

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KeepingMaToast t1_je6rgm8 wrote

If you have a certain measurement you need to dig the whole, technically you can dig half a hole

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tweetiebryd t1_je6uksg wrote

Replying to SophiesUncle (#2,459,288)

I dig three feet into the earth, Hand you the shovel for your turn of the labor. You dig the other half of one six-foot-deep hole while I stand up there smugly until you admit that nobody likes a pedant or it becomes the hill you die on.

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ChiefBlubberNuggets t1_je6vhzs wrote

If the desired hole was meant to be a specific depth or width then yes, you can absolutely dig half a hole.

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Ingenrollsroyce t1_je6vtad wrote

At some point during the hole digging process there is going to be half a hole, can't go from no hole to 100% hole instantly

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yubioh t1_je6zfwx wrote

Reading all other comments, and I still logically end up with OP's shower thought... nailed it.

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Mausel_Pausel t1_je74foi wrote

And that is why there is no answer to the age old riddle: If a man and a half can dig a hole and a half in a day in a half, why can’t a chicken kick a wart off a pickle?

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boredtoddler t1_je74trl wrote

Sure you can. Just make someone else dig the other half. Now you have one hole dug by two people. So you dug half a hole.

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Nurmu_YT t1_je74yqc wrote

If you dig for an amount of time and then someone else continues, you have dug halve of that hole.

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TheresNoAmosOnlyZuul t1_je74zca wrote

What I'd you and someone else both dug a whole together at an even pace? I feel like each of you dug half the hole.

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DongLongus t1_je755fr wrote

If you dig a hole and fill half of it with water is the whole hole dry

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ewanneedscoffee t1_je75cec wrote

If you want to dig a hole that is 3 feet deep and 2 feet diameter you could dig half of that.

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Rhovanind t1_je75sq3 wrote

Replying to nonresponsive (#2,462,635)

Luckily we have a field of mathematics to solve problems like this. "Topology... is concerned with the properties of a geometric object that are preserved under continuous deformations, such as stretching, twisting, crumpling, and bending; that is, without closing holes, opening holes, tearing, gluing, or passing through itself" (Wikipedia).

From my (admittedly basic) understanding, a straw is topologically identical to a donut (torus), which has only 1 hole.

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Dry-Faithlessness184 t1_je75t7e wrote

Replying to nonresponsive (#2,462,635)

Not really? Hole has an absolute definition of a hollow place or opening in a surface or solid.

The better question is usually one to do with relevancy. That there are naturally 4 holes in a t-shirt doesn't matter if I'm asking about how many holes are in a damaged one. The same goes for straw, to what type of hole are you caring about.

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weedgay t1_je76d0u wrote

Sure you can, if the body is 6 ft deep and you only dug 3 ft that would be half a hole. Everything is about context

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TheGeekno99 t1_je77brv wrote

Replying to nonresponsive (#2,462,635)

The definition of a hole is quite simple, really (given in the other comment about topology). Or at least that's the definition of hole that works best with the real world.

(As my math teacher used to say, everything is just a bunch of conventions : We could say that lim x/x x->0 = 3, but a lot of things in the real world wouldn't be as coherent as they are with that)

Also a straw has one hole.

Another more interesting question in my opinion : If you dig a hole in a hole is it 1 hole or 2 holes ?

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ARussianSheep t1_je77qx3 wrote

“Now we’re digging a hooooole, that’s what we’re doin. But is a hole even a thing?”

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wasupmadodos t1_je7815u wrote

"Half" is a subjective concept, so it would depend on your original goal.

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JokerTokerJR t1_je7hti6 wrote

Replying to SnooCompliments1875 (#2,463,920)

I think it's logically sound.

Your just comparing it to something illogical. Removing one speck of sand is not "digging" that's like calling walking digging.

That's like calling a single piece of sand a pebble. Cmon, you know the difference.

I agree with op. You can't dig half a hole, and it's pretty funny.

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