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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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Submitted 4 weeks ago by throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
rtxn@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Then pedantic netizens will point out that it’s a complete mischaracterization of Schrödinger’s thought experiment.
essell@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Its accurate so long as you write “C’est ne pas un chat” under the picture of the box.
Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
I’m glad there aren’t any of those on Lemmy.
KingJalopy@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Are you saying we think we correctly know what his thought experiment represented until we actually look into it?
vinnymac@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
This is why I only upload incriminating files. No one needs to be convinced to backup my data.
floo@retrolemmy.com 4 weeks 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.
Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 4 weeks 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.
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 4 weeks 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.
alaphic@lemmy.world 4 weeks 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
throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Murphy’s Law: the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it’s to post the wrong answer
mutual_ayed@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks 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.
throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
A modern spin on it would be like:
The son is accused of drug trafficking
The father: “I can’t access the cloud drive account on [Site Name]”
The son: “If you ever remember the password and get in, delete the account. That’s where my (drug trade) ledger is”
Overnight, the FBI file a subpoena to the cloud company requesting a copy of any files on any of [the father]'s accounts. Within days, they compiled and send the info to the FBI.
[The son]'s defence attorney got a copy of the files due to the discovery process, and passed it on to the father.
The father: “Son, I don’t know how, but your lawyer just sent me an email late afternoon with all the family photos”