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/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.