#equilateral triangles

Made with foil strips of equal length and book screws.

The larger triangle at the center is stable because the outer tinier triangles stabilize it. (The larger triangles have a side length of two foil strips. The smallest triangles ("the building blocks") have a side length of 1 foil strip. The largest triangle is this entire model with side length of 4 foil strips.)

The largest triangle (4foil strips) is stable, because the tiniest (1foil strip) triangles stabilize each other as well as the larger (2foil strips) triangle.

The sierpinski pattern has interesting properties regarding its "stability" I have to admit.

Normally I struggle to make equilateral triangles of side length "2 foil strips" stable enough without adding an inner triangle. This construction (using outer tiny triangles) is a good solution if you want a "larger triangle hole".

Put down the Gravity Falls-tinted glasses and actually look at the actual Flatland society presented to us. Just because you like Bill Cipher and he's an equillateral triangle doesn't mean you shouldn't be understanding the role that the middle class plays in oppressing the lower classses, both in Flatland, and in real life.

In Flatland, equillateral triangles absolutely hold power over the lower classes, and actively help to oppress them. If you don't understand this then you are failing to understand many of the themes of Flatland, and basic facts of how real society functions as well.

You liking Bill Cipher doesn't mean you get to pretend that the Middle Class isn't literally essential for continuing the oppression of the lower classes both in Flatland and in reality. Thinking so will only further ingrain real classism into your brain and politics.

A 10" d4 I made for Therin (& Lemon).