2026-01-02 15:51 UTC
Replies (33)
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@bit101@mstdn.social 2026-01-02 16:00
I tried to make an animated version, but lots of closely placed lines at an angle close to vertical or horizontal already create Moiré patterns, so it defeated the purpose.
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@bit101@mstdn.social 2026-01-02 19:54
well that got popular. thanks for al the "that's a moire" jokes 🎵
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@bit101@mstdn.social 2026-01-02 20:23
I had to mute my mastodon tab, too many likes and boosts, ping, ping, ping.
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@bit101@mstdn.social 2026-01-02 21:23
OK, I've had enough. No Moiré puns!
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@bit101@mstdn.social 2026-01-02 21:42
Well, that's my most popular post of 2026 out of the way. I can coast for the rest of the year.
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@bit101@mstdn.social 2026-01-03 02:48
ok, I got one. What you eating young fellow? Crackers, chocolate, marshmallow... That s'more, eh?
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@outer@mas.to 2026-01-02 18:33
@bit101@mstdn.social @elverkonge@beige.party That's a very good one.
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@diz@thegayagenda.fans 2026-01-02 19:26
@bit101@mstdn.social that's a moiré
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@madengineering@mastodon.cloud 2026-01-02 19:41
@bit101@mstdn.social When a grid's Misaligned With another behind That's a moire -Randall Munroe
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@jackcole@mstdn.social 2026-01-02 19:48
@bit101@mstdn.social I always thought Dean Martin best described this: When the moon hits your eye Like a big pizza pie, that's a Moiré When the world seems to shine Like you've had too much wine, that's a Moiré
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@webhat@infosec.exchange 2026-01-02 19:52
@bit101@mstdn.social 🎶 When you take angled lines, And different angled lines, That a Moiré 🎶
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@Jon_Kramer@mastodon.social 2026-01-02 19:58
@bit101@mstdn.social "When your patterns combine in a way serpentine that's a moire." "With the high price of feed It's for farmers in need That some mow hay" "If 'King Kong' has gone flat Rent the flick 'Vampire Bat' It's some More Wray"
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@the_turtle@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-01-02 19:58
@bit101@mstdn.social The greatest Venn diagram of all time.
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@PsyChuan@plush.city 2026-01-02 20:22
@bit101@mstdn.social when a grid's misaligned, with another behind, that's a moire~
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@gkrnours@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-01-02 20:48
@bit101@mstdn.social 🤣
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@stfn@mastodon.com.pl 2026-01-02 21:06
@bit101@mstdn.social @agturcz@circumstances.run you know that song When an angled line Meets another angled line That's a'moiré
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@moss@kind.social 2026-01-02 21:12
@bit101@mstdn.social When the joke is set up randos make lyric posts, that's a fedi
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@lotte@alico.nexus 2026-01-02 21:15
@bit101@mstdn.social https://xkcd.com/1814/
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@nickgully@mefi.social 2026-01-02 21:21
@bit101@mstdn.social The Moiré You Know!
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@Quasit@kolektiva.social 2026-01-02 21:58
@bit101@mstdn.social When I was a kid my dad would bring home transparent discs that would create a Moiré pattern when overlaid and turned. He also brought home other cool science stuff, like magnets and iron filings and chemicals. He was a scientist.
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@ipd@universeodon.com 2026-01-02 22:18
@bit101@mstdn.social How fun... The moreeè the merrier
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@only_ohm@mas.to 2026-01-03 00:08
@bit101@mstdn.social Lot's of stanzas of "That's a Moir\'e" in the replies, but no-one's yet done When new lines hit your eye From two grids as they ply
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@particle_p@raggedfeathers.com 2026-01-03 00:32
@bit101@mstdn.social @mcc@mastodon.social When your lines overlie and interfere in your eye, that’s a moiré!
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@RavenLuni@furry.engineer 2026-01-03 01:52
@bit101@mstdn.social
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@mechphoto@mastodon.social 2026-01-03 02:20
@bit101@mstdn.social anti aliasing on the rescue~
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@zolaris@mastodon.illumos.cafe 2026-01-03 03:09
@bit101@mstdn.social like
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@Axolotl1@gaygeek.social 2026-01-03 03:52
@bit101@mstdn.social this is the most creative use of a ven diagram I've seen.
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@RobinBobcat@meow.social 2026-01-03 04:15
@bit101@mstdn.social When a grid's misaligned With the one that's behind That's a Moiré
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@geckled@piaille.fr 2026-01-03 07:16
@bit101@mstdn.social great!
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@ppxl@social.tchncs.de 2026-01-03 12:06
@bit101@mstdn.social argh my eyes!
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@_timemit_@mastodon.scot 2026-01-03 12:14
@bit101@mstdn.social One Moiré for ya
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@eirias@mefi.social 2026-01-09 02:58
@bit101@mstdn.social that is right up there with the pie chart that is actual pie, well done.
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@book@beige.party 2026-03-14 22:02
@bit101@mstdn.social When the lines're alligned but not perfectly, you'll find That's a moirée :DancingKirby: :kirbyjam: