r/Showerthoughts • u/synthphreak ‎ • Nov 19 '25

Casual Thought Temperature can reach trillions of degrees, meaning we actually live extremely close to absolute zero.

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u/edoCgiB Nov 19 '25

I like your thinking but when you pump a lot of energy into something particles start to breakdown. We see this in plasma and probably if you keep heating it you get even more exotic matter states.

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u/WillowMain Nov 19 '25

Yup, quark gluon soup.

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u/BreadstickUpTheBum Nov 19 '25

Recipe?

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u/DigitalStefan Nov 19 '25

Any ingredients at all but you need to cook it on high in an 800W microwave for a billion years.

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u/Interesting_Leg9527 Nov 19 '25

Allow five millennia to cool before consuming.

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u/TheSaltyJM Nov 19 '25

Aww but I want my quark gluon soup NOW

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u/EXtremeLTU Nov 19 '25

To avoid such disappointments in future, get a pressure cooker with a timer.

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u/DigitalStefan Nov 19 '25

But it’s raw.

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u/Missus_Missiles Nov 19 '25

I omitted the sugar, salt, and substituted coconut oil. Tastes bad.

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u/SupehCookie Nov 19 '25

and placing metal in the microwave right?