Isn’t there a difference between “the most squares fit into a square” and “a collection of squares optimized for maximum small-square area inside of a larger square”? If there’s a difference in solutions, what would the solution for the latter actually be?
Isn’t this a known torture technique? Except normally the family being tortured or killed is simulated and the tortured person is on drugs to make it feel real. They legitimately just did it for real.
My theory was that it surged in popularity after some major porn sites got threatened by their payment processors and decided to clean up underage and underage-adjacent videos. So people who are young enough to still live with their siblings or their parents became as close as someone could get to saying, “this person is immature and vulnerable” without getting their account moderated.
(No shade if you’re older and live with your parents, by the way. I was just referencing the stereotype)
Wtf I love baseball now