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Schrödinger's Napkins

Suppose you're sitting down at a fancy table for lots of people to sit at, there's a napkin for each guest, and there's a napkin on your left and right, which one are you going to choose? The left napkin or the right? Well, it depends on which one the first person picks, if the first person picks the left napkin, everyone will have to pick the napkin on the left, the same goes for the right, but everyone have to choose the napkin on their right. The rules of this world are determined by that same principle of ‘right or left?’! In a Society like this table, a state of equilibrium, once one makes the first move, everyone must follow! In every era, this World has been operating by this napkin principle. And the one who ‘takes the napkin first’ must be someone who is respected by all. It’s not that anyone can fulfill this role… Those that are despotic or unworthy will be scorned. And those are the ‘losers’. In the case of this table, the ‘eldest’ or the ‘Master of the party’ will take the napkin first… Because everyone ‘respects’ those individuals.
Person1: So, basically, who ever use the napkin's principle, is the leader?

Person2: Yeah, it's like Schrödinger's napkins.
by Greasy_Lemon May 31, 2020
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Schrodinger's traitor

A government leader, often a demagogue, who regularly incites traitorous acts, insurrection, and overrule of government law without evidence from their followers. When those acts are carried out to their logical conclusions by those followers, a Shrodinger's traitor expresses (sometimes for the first time) their (often faint) disapproval.
The leader incited insurrection by their followers and they followed his call. When called out, like a Schrodinger's traitor, he backpedaled, lightly disapproved of their actions, and took no responsibility at all.
by Mr Concerned Citizen January 6, 2021
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Schrodinger's Friend

When you're into someone, but you're not sure if you're just close friends or taking it slow. This is especially common among lesbians in cultures where women are expected to have intimate friendships, and among gay men in cultures where men are expected to have the more intimate friendships.
P1: So are you and Jessica going out? And don't lie to me, I saw you two making out earlier.
P2: I don't know, I mean it could have been a kiss between friends.
P1: Friends don't kiss with tongue, this is very much not a Schrodinger's Friend situation.
by Alletto February 10, 2022
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Schrödinger‘s douchebag

A person, most likely a male, who makes douchebag statements that are sexist, racist, or just simply offensive, and decides whether it is a joke or not based on peoples opinions
Donald trump can be called a schrödinger‘s douchebag
by Mrs anon April 2, 2022
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Schrodinger's Blowjob

When you're having sex with another man (it's not gay until you cum) and you stop and blindfold yourself, and then finish off by means of a blowjob, but you don't know whether it's a man or woman blowing you. Also applies to threesomes.
What about if you're blindfolded and you don't know if it's a man or a woman?

...Schrodinger's blowjob!!
by King Bubbles Doctrine December 12, 2010
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Schrödinger's Company

Schrödinger's company is an experiment in small business, often described as a paradox. The experiment presents a company that might be alive or dead, depending on multiple unknowns.

Much like subatomic particles living in a state of quantum superposition, small companies can exist in a strange state of economic superposition. This superposition undergoes collapse into a definite state only at the exact moment someone looks at the company bank account.

The experiment goes like this...

An employee is confined and caged to their work area (for example, chained to their desk). The worker's paycheck comes from an unstable bank account that decays at some unknown rate. With each pay period, the worker has no idea if payment will arrive or not. Word from management may be that the company is making money and/or is well funded. It may be said that there is money in the company account but that unseen forces are not allowing that money to be accessed. Despite everything being fine, the employee is rarely paid on time or in full. This leaves the employee struggling to determine if the company is in business or out of business.

Schrödinger's company poses the question: when does this superposition stop existing as a mixture of states and become one or the other?

The Copenhagen interpretation of economic meltdown implies that the company is considered to be simultaneously in business and out of business until an observer performs a wave function collapsing hopes and dreams into reality.

It has been observed in practice that most workers can tolerate up to 8 weeks without payment. In a standard bell curve fashion, around 10% of employees barely notice not getting paid while around 10% snap and go postal. Everyone else maintains somewhere between apathy and financial frustration.
Worker 1: If we don't get paid next time, I'm going to ask to be laid off again. Last time they said no but I won't give up so easily this time.

Worker 2: We're only one month behind. That's not bad. Some guys haven't been paid in three months.

Worker 1: Dude, are we even in business still?!? No one comes to work anymore except us... and f--- this. It's almost noon. I'm leaving.

Worker 2: I hear you. This place fits all the signs of Schrödinger's company. Someone with half a brain needs to look at our books, sac up, and end this misery.
by Coder June 25, 2009
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Schrodinger's Dick

A person with a gender not easily determined through an initial glance. The only way is to see for your self, for now though, the person is both male and female at the same time.
Ewww, she looks like she has a Schrodinger's Dick.
by Rusty Potato August 26, 2014
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