Behold, Schrödinger's shit sandwich. Now, a shit sandwich is when you take something shitty, and bracket it with two nice things. If you've heard of this before, you've probably talked to management, or more clearly, heard someone vent about talking to management. If you haven't, well, good on you for avoiding the notice of management.

Now, what could a Schrödinger's shit sandwich be? Well, it would have to be something that somehow both follows and rebels against that definition above. So let's take the quote.

Ted Cruz is a piece of shit.

Ted Cruz defends free speech from government overreach.

Ted Cruz is a piece of shit.

So this could be represented as:

We're making fun of Ted Cruz.

We're agreeing with Ted Cruz!

We're making fun of Ted Cruz some more.

Yep, that looks like a classic shit sandwich, alright. But! Could it not also be:

You're thinking of Ted Cruz.

Someone is defending free speech from government overreach.

Ugh! And now there's more Ted Cruz.

Well, fuck me if that isn't a reverse shit sandwich! So which is it. A shit sandwich? A reverse shit sandwich? Both at the same time‽ Schrödinger's Shit Sandwich!

But you can only be sure which one it is by taking that bite.

[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

All we can be sure of is that Americans eat shit.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

You really overcomplicated “a broken clock is right twice a day.”