A Libertarian vote that is "worthless and wasted" all while simultaneously being the singlehanded cause for your losing candidate's shortcomings
I've grown used to being Schrödinger's Libertarian every election cycle from both the left and right
by MattAlx November 08, 2020
Someone who talks about wanting to date a goth girl but is actually referring to egirls. Usually acts disgusted when seeing actual goths
He always talks about wanting to date goth girls until the girl is actually goth. He totally has a Schrödingers Goth Complex
by ChickenScrxtch82 May 19, 2023
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.
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.
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 MrCoder June 25, 2009
A thought experiment for online classes in which the student may be simultaneously present and absent as a result of their attendance being linked to studiousness
The class had 50 students online, when called on only 10 respond
It was a Schrödinger's roll call captured by teams.
It was a Schrödinger's roll call captured by teams.
by 11 tabs & it becomes Urban dic June 18, 2021
A scientific theory stating that the size of a virgin's dick is both above and below average until they measure it.
Person 1: Do you have a big dick?
Person 2: I'm not sure, I'm too lazy to measure it.
Person 1: Oh, so it's a Schrödinger's Dick situation.
Person 2: I'm not sure, I'm too lazy to measure it.
Person 1: Oh, so it's a Schrödinger's Dick situation.
by Skulltra February 03, 2021
The act of a LGBTQ+ community member of coming.
The Schrödinger part is if the others act homophobic, the LGBTQ+ member can say it was a joke.
The Schrödinger part is if the others act homophobic, the LGBTQ+ member can say it was a joke.
Person 1: Hey, how do I come out to my friends?
Person 2: Pull off a Schrödinger's Closet, works even better during April's Fools Day
Person 2: Pull off a Schrödinger's Closet, works even better during April's Fools Day
by ElectroniK February 20, 2021
Person X: Has the secret/rumour gotten around yet?
Person Y: Dunno, Schrödinger's Cat's in the bag
Person X/Y once rumour has gotten around: Guess Schrödinger's Cat is out the bag now
Person Y: Dunno, Schrödinger's Cat's in the bag
Person X/Y once rumour has gotten around: Guess Schrödinger's Cat is out the bag now
by The Daft Knee February 07, 2022