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• Dagwood222@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Reminds me of an old joke.

  A farmer’s son is in jail. His father writes him and says that the horse died and he won’t be able to plow the fields. The son writes back that he buried $10 million somewhere in the fields, but can’t remember where it is. The next letter from the father tells the son that the FBI showed up and dug up everything, so now he can plant.

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  • alaphic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This made me think of something I read online one time that essentially said if you really want to get a question answered correctly on the internet you shouldn’t just ask it, but rather you should post the question and then answer it incorrectly as, invariably, someone will show up to correct you

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    • throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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  • mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Generic spin on it being a mafioso.

    An old gentleman lived alone in New Jersey . He wanted to plant his annual tomato garden, but it was very difficult work, as the ground was hard. His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament:

    Dear Vincent, I am feeling pretty sad because it looks like I won’t be able to plant my tomato garden this year. I’m just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. I know if you were here my troubles would be over. I know you would be happy to dig the plot for me, like in the old days. Love, Papa

    A few days later he received a letter from his son.

    Dear Papa, Don’t dig up that garden. That’s where the bodies are buried. Love, Vinnie

    At 4 a.m. the next morning, FBI agents and local police arrived and dug up the entire area without finding any bodies. They apologized to the old man and left. That same day the old man received another letter from his son.

    Dear Papa, Go ahead and plant the tomatoes now. That’s the best I could do under the circumstances.

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    • throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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• Quilotoa@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  What if it’s a picture of a cat in a closed box with a vial of poison on the internet?

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  • rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Then pedantic netizens will point out that it’s a complete mischaracterization of Schrödinger’s thought experiment.

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    • essell@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Its accurate so long as you write “C’est ne pas un chat” under the picture of the box.

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    • Quilotoa@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I’m glad there aren’t any of those on Lemmy.

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    • KingJalopy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Are you saying we think we correctly know what his thought experiment represented until we actually look into it?

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• vinnymac@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  This is why I only upload incriminating files. No one needs to be convinced to backup my data.

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• floo@retrolemmy.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Just because it’s out there forever doesn’t mean it will be at all easy to find. You would’ve made a terrible pirate.

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• Aggravationstation@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I had this conversation with some non-tech savvy relatives a while ago. They were under the impression that just by virtue of something being posted online it will remain there forever. Had to explain its more like once you post something online you lose control of it. So it could disappear completely or someone could download/ screenshot it and you then have no way to stop it proliferating so you should act like everything you post will remain online forever.

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