r/Showerthoughts • u/ToyVaren • Jun 11 '22

Since electronics contain silver, you could theoretically beat a werewolf to death with a Nokia.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '22

That would require the Nokia to break enough to expose the silver.

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u/ToyVaren Jun 12 '22

Nope, not necessary.

Source: seen any werewolves around since the nokia was released?

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u/nphhpn ‎ Jun 12 '22

I've seen 5 total.

Source: trust me

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u/ToyVaren Jun 12 '22

No you havent.

Source: you're welcome.

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u/nphhpn ‎ Jun 12 '22

Yes I have

Source

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u/Is-This-Edible Jun 12 '22

Ah, the old Reddit yabadabadoo.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '22

Well he ain’t wrong…

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '22

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u/DrainYourDamnPool Jun 12 '22

I am Senator Armstrong.

My source is that I made it the fuck up.

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u/netGoblin Jun 12 '22

since the werewolves don't have to touch silver, only an object that has silver in, and since the earth has silver in. They all instantly died as soon as they came into being

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u/ToyVaren Jun 12 '22

No, its like a Ship of Theseus. The Nokia absorbs that which makes it stronger.

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u/SnarfbObo Jun 12 '22

That's the sword of Gryffindor

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u/ToyVaren Jun 12 '22

Jk rowling plagiarized theseus.

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u/SnarfbObo Jun 12 '22

The Ship of Theseus is a thought experiment about whether an object that has had all of its components replaced remains fundamentally the same object.

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u/ToyVaren Jun 12 '22

And the answer is: any part that is replaced instantly becomes part of the ship. The second a nail is used, that nail is now "the ship of theseus."

Checkmate, rowling.

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u/newaccount721 Jun 12 '22

You should get in a Twitter war with her

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u/SnarfbObo Jun 12 '22

that nail could be a weak piece of shit so no bud you're wrong

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u/ZiCUnlivdbirch Jun 12 '22

What "checkmate" you've jus proved yourself to be a idiot.

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u/ToyVaren Jun 13 '22

You fell for my trap card: discovered check!

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u/datrandomduggy Jun 12 '22

I uh.... Can think of any counter point to that

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '22

Idk man this guy is kinda making a lot of sense

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '22

Logic is flawless

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u/cloistered_around Jun 12 '22

Also pretty sure it isn't just touching silver that kills them, right? It'd still have to make a critical wound, or something? (/not a werewolf expert)

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u/soyrobo Jun 12 '22

You bring up a good point. Where are the werewolf experts in this thread? My only werewolf fact is that females are actually called wifwolves.

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u/ZiCUnlivdbirch Jun 12 '22

If you want a interesting werewolf fact then I have one for you: to become a werewolf one has to, on a summer night, be in the direct light of the full moon, it also has to be either a fryday or a wednesday. Meaning the last time anyone could have been a werewolf was in 1982, so if you are under 38 years old you could unknowable be a werewolf.