Every Platonic Friend Group Needs…
The five Platonic solids as personality types in a friend group; the cube (dual of the octahedron) is the octahedron's boyfriend.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025-06-30-every-platonic-friend-group-needs/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
[Title] "Every Platonic Friend Group Needs…" Tetrahedron: "the cute lil' plucky one" · Octahedron: "the one who always brings her boyfriend" · Cube: "the boring yet sweet boyfriend who kind of grows on you" · Icosahedron: "the 'Mom,' who can somehow take everybody's side at once" · Dodecahedron: "the super good-looking one who inexplicably hangs out with you anyway"