Morbane's coal

[coalcube]

In quantum wankchanics, Morbane's coal is a thought experiment, sometimes described as a paradox, of quantum wankerposition. In the thought experiment, a hypothetical gift may be considered simultaneously both the fic of your dreams (TFOYD) and coal, while it is unread state, as a result of its fate being linked to a random subatomic event that may or may not occur.

The Coaltide interpretation implies that, after a while, the gift is simultaneously TFOYD and coal. Yet, when a coalie clicks on their gift, the coalie sees the gift either TFOYD or coal, not both TFOYD and coal. This poses the question of when exactly quantum wankerposition ends and reality resolves into one possibility or the other.

Madness Opens: Tuesday 26 December
Author Reveals: Monday 1 January


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Re: tangents

[(Anonymous)]

Old school fandom was even more Cult of Nice where you had no graceful way of saying no thank you for this poorly-spelled crap containing three of my triggers. Before AO3 installed the Refuse button, the earliest gift on my Gifts page was a repost of a Livejournal "gift" bashing my favorite character, and I had no way of removing my name from it in either place.

Re: tangents

[(Anonymous)]

This one legitimately sucks. I'm glad you were able to refuse it in the end. Spitefic is shit.

I didn't think I was Cult of Nice, but I'm at the very least Cult of Being Too Goddamn Optimistic About People's Motivations. You'd think I'd know better.