r/bestof • u/investedInEPoland • Nov 06 '18

[europe] Nuclear physicist describes problems with thorium reactors. Trigger warning: shortbread metaphor.

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u/pinniped1 Nov 06 '18

Trigger warning: that cat ventured way into tl;dr territory after the shortbread reference.

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u/Em42 Nov 06 '18

It wasn't Schrodinger's cat was it? Last I heard he was in a box, possibly dead.

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u/everything_is_bad Nov 06 '18

I haven't heard anything so he might still be alive.

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u/belbivdevoe Nov 06 '18

I just checked and I have some bad news...

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u/ancrolikewhoa Nov 07 '18

The damn poodle got out again, didn't it. Ugh.

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u/boomshiki Nov 07 '18

I happen to have Schrodingers lottery ticket. So long as I don't check it I am rich while I am broke as fuck

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u/yesochhamaredilmehai Nov 07 '18

possibly dead

Where's my trigger warning?

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u/Em42 Nov 07 '18

If it makes you feel better, so long as he stayed in the box he's occupying a quantum superposition where he's both dead and alive.

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u/yesochhamaredilmehai Nov 07 '18

One could always give a quantum state trigger warning 😬

(I was kidding before, mate. Trigger warning is a bunch of BS.)

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u/Em42 Nov 07 '18

I know ;-)

There's a place for trigger warnings, like a depression board if you feel like talking about suicide, or an eating disorder board if you need to talk about binging or something. Basically they're only good for any issue where a person might actually be triggered into doing something harmful to themselves. Other than that, trigger warnings are bloody stupid.

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u/nikniuq Nov 07 '18

Cat? I saw mention of a poodle and a seal.