Talk:3076: The Roads Both Taken

I just saw on Google's Doodle: "...today’s Doodle shows an illustration of quantum superposition. April 14 is World Quantum Day, and this year is also the International Year of Quantum — celebrating 100 years since the discovery of quantum mechanics." https://blog.google/technology/research/world-quantum-day-doodle-superposition-thaumatrope/ --PRR (talk) 05:25, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

Added World Quantum Day to the article. Thanks. Nitpicking (talk) 13:25, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

I think "Photon poetry" is a reference to Vogon poetry in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (notoriously the worst poetry in the universe). 104.23.172.2 07:19, 15 April 2025 (UTC) Actually, vogon poetry is 3rd worst, but I see your point and shared the same thought process. I think this should be added into the article.

Pretty sure the title text is a parody of a song lyric that I can't remember the original of. "When you something something something, that's something". Damn it, its on the tip of my tongue, but it isn't quite coalescing!

When a grid's misaligned with another behind, that's a moiré! Biran4454 10:07, 15 April 2025 (UTC)]

When the spacing is tight

and the difference is slight, That's a moiré. DollarStoreBa'al (talk) 13:56, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

I think it's more likely a slightly clunky way to reach the punchline that is a twist on photon-superposition-fomo being phomo Xseo (talk) 10:15, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

The original was a hit for Dean Martin in 1953. Parodies featuring moray eels came later. I agree with Xseo that Martin's song is unlikely to have been an inspiration for the title text. 108.162.246.82 14:40, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

My favorite is: When you make béchamel and throw cheese in as well that's a Mornay.172.69.246.135 01:59, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And I'm beginning to see why. 172.69.180.164 19:43, 15 April 2025 (UTC)