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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

Time delay Memes

Posts tagged with Time delay

The Time-Delayed Punchline Paradox

Physics Science
2 months ago 5.1K views 0 shares
The Time-Delayed Punchline Paradox
The meme is brilliantly playing with the concept of retarded time in physics! In relativity, "retarded time" refers to the delay between when something happens and when we observe it (like light taking 8 minutes to reach us from the Sun). The joke is a meta-physics paradox - it's claiming the meme itself takes 10 seconds to understand because of this propagation delay... which means you're experiencing the joke's punchline with a time delay EXACTLY AS THE MEME PREDICTS! Your confused face slowly turning into understanding is literally the meme coming to life! *wild scientist cackle* It's like the meme created its own experimental proof!

The Ultimate Delayed Notification

Astronomy Physics Science Universe
5 months ago 15.3K views 0 shares
The Ultimate Delayed Notification
The cosmic joke that keeps on giving! If the Sun actually exploded, we wouldn't know about it for approximately 8 minutes and 20 seconds—the time it takes light to travel from the Sun to Earth. So there you'd be, sipping your coffee, completely oblivious that our stellar neighbor just went kaboom. The ultimate "ignorance is bliss" scenario until physics catches up with reality. Those final 8 minutes would be the ultimate example of delayed bad news... not that you'd have time to panic once you found out!

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