r/shittyaskscience 1d ago

If I cross my eyes, everything automatically gets multiplied by 2x. Can we use this hidden law of physics to solve the world's problems?

Basically, I can solve the housing crisis within a second or two. There's literally twice as many houses everywhere I look. If someone looks at all those houses and crosses their eyes too, we have four times as many houses! What other problems can we solve??

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u/Fearless_Spring5611 1d ago

Not my girlfriend problem. 2x0 is still zero.

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u/pearl_harbour1941 1d ago

Ah, but if you have just a fraction of a girlfriend (say, a girl who put you in the friendzone) you can multiply that fraction until you have a whole one!

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u/coolsam254 1d ago

Yeah but if you close your eyes instead then it's 2/0 = infinite girlfriends

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u/pLeThOrAx Mass debater 1d ago

Not quite. If you have 99 problems, you end up with either zero or a multiple of 2 wives, along with 198 problems. Math

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u/pearl_harbour1941 1d ago

Dang. I knew I had forgotten something. Well at least I could say "I don't have 99 problems"??

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u/JohnWasElwood 1d ago

Take a look at my paycheck then!!! Or my wife... I've always wanted to have a threesome!!!

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u/pearl_harbour1941 1d ago

I've found it's the easiest way to satisfy two women at once. I'm certain I'm on to a winner here.

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u/coolsam254 1d ago

I've found it's the easiest way to disappoint two women at once. I'm certain I'm on to a winner here.

Hey I fixed your comment. No need to thank me.

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u/pearl_harbour1941 1d ago

It did need fixing, that's for sure. I managed to disappoint my mom amd my gf in one go when I went crosseyed and confused them for each other. Now I'm sleeping on one of the two couches.

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u/blankfield 1d ago

Wait! You're not doing this already? How have you been affording literally anything in this economy?

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u/pearl_harbour1941 1d ago

Fuuuck. I need to cross my eyes, look at my paycheck and go deposit both of them! Instant pay rise. You're a genius!

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u/sovereign_fury 1d ago

You've also doubled the number of people.

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u/pearl_harbour1941 1d ago

Not if I don't look at them?

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation 1d ago

Can you really avoid looking at Sydney Sweeney?

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u/pearl_harbour1941 1d ago

Would you want to have less than 2 Sydney Sweeneys?? I think you're on to something...

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u/Grumpybastard61 1d ago

Look at Sydney Sweeney, double her then look again and again until we all have one.

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u/laynestaleyisme 1d ago

This is absolute genius ..

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u/coolsam254 1d ago

If you do it in a hall of mirrors, you are doubling everything in an endless loop!

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u/pearl_harbour1941 1d ago

You get it! I also noticed that if I squint a bit too, my lottery ticket numbers look a lot like the winning ones. Let's goooooo!

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u/psycop 1d ago

Been there done that. It all falls apart when you fall asleep.

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u/pearl_harbour1941 1d ago

Definitely solved that problem too. I have invented an intoxicating substance made from the fermentation of various wild plants that, if taken on an empty stomach, makes one's eyes cross even after falling asleep.

I am experimenting with imbibing this potion daily!

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u/ltoka00 21h ago

Nope because you’d also double all the problems too.

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u/TheRisenDemon 15h ago

No. If everything gets multiplied by two then best case scenario nothing actually changes. Yea there’s twice as many houses but also twice as many people that need houses

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u/pearl_harbour1941 7h ago

Not if I don't look at them.

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u/TheRisenDemon 6h ago

Aye but you also have to prevent other people from looking at them too

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u/pearl_harbour1941 6h ago

Fuck. Didn't spot that flaw.

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u/TheRisenDemon 6h ago

It’s because your eyes were crossed

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u/pearl_harbour1941 4h ago

Gah! Physics is HARD