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Infinite Resistor Ladder

A ladder circuit that is infinitely long with infinite square with resistors on each side of the squares
Person 1: I've invented a new sport: Nerd Sniping.

Person 2: How do you play?
Person 1: Watch. HEY WhATS THE R EQ OF A INFINITE RESISTOR LADDER WITH ALL VALUES OF R-
Person 3 *stops walking across the street*: uh you can start by hmmmmmm--
VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM SKRRR SKRAMMMMMMMM
Person 1: That was two points for me. Physicists are 2 points, mathematicians are 3 points.
Person 2: I will have no part in this.
by No Such Thing as IsaacOrz March 7, 2025
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Pulling Up the Ladder

A social phenomenon in which individuals or groups who have successfully advanced in status, wealth, or opportunity then act to block others from accessing the same path upward.

Key Features:

Motivated by fear of competition, scarcity mindset, or desire to protect hard-won status.

Can manifest in politics (e.g., immigrants opposing immigration), economics (e.g., professionals gatekeeping their fields), or class mobility (e.g., elites dismantling welfare or education programs they once benefited from).

Example (fictional): Raymond Leon in the movie "In Time" rises out of poverty to become a Timekeeper but enforces the very system that traps others where he once was.
Example (real): An immigrant who gained citizenship but campaigns to restrict immigration for others.
1. After becoming wealthy through public education, the politician now opposes funding for schools, effectively pulling up the ladder behind him.

2. Some immigrants, once they gain citizenship, support restrictive immigration policies — a classic case of pulling up the ladder.
by Social Climber September 16, 2025
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can you stop shaking the ladder

I will never forget my grandfather's last words.
can you stop shaking the ladder?
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What I call homo-sapiens who are addicted to knowing axolotls are eagles.
Person 1: Are youa homo-sapiens who is addicted to knowing axolotls are eagles.
Person 2: Yes.
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Shake a dwarf off a ladder

Wow, that could shake a dwarf off a ladder!
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Something that disrupts a normal event.
John: Damn that car is so loud!
Kane: Yeah, that can shake a dwarf off a ladder
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top of the mornin' to ya, laddies

This is what the once-relatively-very-popular Let's Play Youtuber, "jacksepticeye" says at the start of his YouTube videos on Youtube.com (owned by Google (owned by Alphabet Inc.))
jacksepticeye: Top of the mornin' to ya, laddies! My name is jacksepticeye and today we'll be watching furry hentai
other person: ...
by Hunterry April 22, 2022
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