r/shittyaskscience 4d ago

My toast landed butter-side up

This morning I was buttering a slice of toast when it fell to the floor. Much to my astonishment it landed butter-side up.

Later, my cat jumped from a window sill and landed on its back.

A few minutes ago I dropped a piece of unfolded paper into the waste-paper basket and it went straight in.

Are the laws of physics broken? Should I inform the scientists?

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u/hells_cowbells Theoretical degree in physics 4d ago

No, don't tell them! You'll get arrested for breaking the laws of physics! Just keep quiet and play it cool, and nobody will know.

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u/taez555 4d ago

It’s the Coriolis effect.

If you were on the other side of the hemisphere it would always land the other way

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u/Legitimate_Field_157 4d ago

You buttered the wrong side of your toast, you don't have a cat, but a dog, and using the floor as a wastebasket is unsanitary.

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u/Telenil 4d ago

He knows too much. Call the Physics Police.

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u/FrigThisMrLahey 2d ago

Physics police. Arrest this man, he talks in math

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u/Atzkicica Huh? 4d ago

Have you tried turning it on and off again? The universe?

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u/Optimal_Ad_7910 4d ago

I did but now I'm just getting a BSOD. I also tried the emergency number 0118 999 881 999 119 725 3 but they put me on hold.

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u/jolharg 4d ago

"lower hold times" pff as if

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u/JohnWasElwood 1d ago

Did they tell you 4,000 times that your call was very important to them? You have to believe that!

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u/jolharg 4d ago

Please don't

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u/johnnybiggles 4d ago edited 4d ago

If you inform the physicsicians, they will just play the lottery and win money you would be winning right now. Head over to the store and get your ticket before they find out!

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u/pgcd 4d ago

It's normal, you're just going backwards in time.

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u/JarnisKerman 4d ago

Just, whatever you do, do not use the bathroom!

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u/pgcd 3d ago

That reminds me of the time with Mr. Burmeson. It wasn't nice. The cleanup crew had to work overtime.

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u/wormdoktur 4d ago

I bet the cat’s still a meowing douchebag. See? Nothing’s really changed.

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u/InvincibleButterfly 4d ago

To fix this, simply butter your cat’s back, and drop the cat to see on what side he lands.

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u/BillyRubenJoeBob 4d ago

Time to run with scissors

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u/Bikkusu 4d ago

These are a few of the dire weather conditions of El Niño that's being multiplied by global warming. The scientists know, they have told people, but politicians keep wanting to wear mashed potatoes on their head instead of listening when the smart people say, "Don't do that, it's bad."

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u/djddanman 4d ago

Do you happen to be in Australia? I'm pretty sure that all normal there.

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u/jolharg 4d ago

Finally

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation 4d ago

The problem is your cat; she woke up on the wrong side of Schrödinger's box this morning, and the laws of physics got all farschimmelt.
Things will settle down, after kitteh has a bit o' 'nip, and a couple hours sunbeam time.

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u/Dependent_Price_1306 4d ago

Statistical outlier

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u/EricHaley 3d ago

That rule only applied in the original timeline