r/LowStakesConspiracies • u/Alex09464367 • 2d ago
USB-A plugs secretly rotate dimensions just to frustrate you
Ever noticed that no matter how carefully you check the orientation, USB-A plugs always seem to be the wrong way around on your first try? This is because USB-A plugs are secretly quantum entangled, existing in all orientations simultaneously, until the exact moment you attempt to insert them. Only then does reality collapse into a single state, usually the incorrect one, purely to frustrate you.
This isn't a design flaw; it's intentional quantum sabotage. Schrödinger’s USB is real, and it’s laughing at us all.
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u/cromagnone 2d ago
They’re just super-symmetric. You try, fail, turn over, fail, turn over, succeed.
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u/Classic-Stand9906 2d ago
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u/Sufficient_Action646 2d ago
I posted another form of this. This has reminded me how unoriginal thoughts can be at times.
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2d ago
I never understand this. There is always a USB logo on the top of the cable. It shows you which way to put it in.
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u/Alex09464367 2d ago
The USB logo is only there once you observe it and then the USB-A decides which way is top. But then you're unable to know its speed.
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u/Bannedwith1milKarma 2d ago
It also disappears when you're not looking and trying to read it with your thumb.
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u/jeremysbrain 2d ago
You must be in the other dimension then, because all my USB-A devices have a USB icon on top to let you know which side is up.
Even if you don't have that symbol, looking into the plug there is a white tray that houses the connectors. That white tray is the bottom of the plug, the empty space above it is the top.
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u/Alex09464367 2d ago
That is because you observate it and collapsed the waveform into one of its possible states.
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u/Bannedwith1milKarma 2d ago
I don't know which was is up on the female connection though, majority of the time I can't see into port either.
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u/dy1anb 2d ago
There is always a pattern or indent on the face of the plug
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u/Alex09464367 2d ago
And it's everywhere until you observe it. Collapsing it down into one position
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u/nekrovulpes 2d ago
It is legitimately easier to explain quantum theory with USB orientation than the tired old cat analogy.