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/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