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seabeck

Tower

seabeck

Dewatto

jordanbolton

To The Substitute Art Teacher - Jordan Bolton

tashalyonnes

niknak79

odysseusyes

even with those four numbers there are countless possible combinations good luck with figuring out which one is the right one you punk

eatsleepcrap

*straightens calculator*

It’s pretty likely that it’s a four digit number, and as there are four digits chosen there, that means that there cannot be any repetition. This mean that there are:

n!/(n-4)! possible orders. As ‘n’ is 4 (number of digits available). 4!/0! which becomes 4x3x2x1/1 which simplifies to 24. That means that there are 24 possible combinations of codes. This would take you about two or three minutes to input all possible codes.

crashingsunlight

Unless an alarm goes off if you don’t get it right in 3 tries

eatsleepcrap

*straightens calculator again*

Kick the fucking door in

the-brave-little-blogger

well ‘technically’ the code is most likley 1970. statistically, a majority of people, when told to choose a 4 digit code will choose their birth year. and this key pad is obviously a few years old to put it nicely, thats most likley it.

everyonesfavoriteging-blog

some sherlock holmes shit just went down over here

the-neon-pineapple

No, no, no. Don’t base your deductions of psychology. Let’s talk chemistry. When you first press a button, there’s more of the natural oils on your skin, and therefore it wears down the numbers on the keys faster. Obviously 0 is the first one, then. Try 0791 first.

Sherlock out.

perks-of-being-chinese

woah.

panicrobot

it got better

twistedthicket1-deactivated2022

and this is why the sherlock fandom could either rule the world or end it….

ofthefantastic

Close, but not quite, I think. People will almost always choose a number they can remember. What’s memorable about 0791? Try 0719 - a birthday, 19th of July. That is more likely.

venatrix26

Those deductions are great and all, but unnecessary.

The light is green.

The door is already open.

party-gilmore

And that’s why we have a John Watson.

lotrlocked

This is “top 10 favorite posts” level.

moriartyfortheevening

Omg, it’s actually on my dash! This post is like a fossil!

glass-rose-paperweight

Idk if I’ve rebloged this before, but I’ll reblog this legend again

masterofhounds

Smithsonian? I’ve found the quintessential Tumblr and Sherlock fandom post. Yes. I would consider it definitive.

thornypeach3

Ahh it’s back.

“And that’s why we have a John Watson”, indeed 😂

thefangirlofhp

Legend of a post. 10/10 recommend reblogging.

firestarsandseneschals

this post is on my dash I feel HONORED

b00kworm

THE POST OF LEGENDS HAS RESURFACED ON MY DASH

wrxthswitch

I’VE ONLY EVER SEEN THIS IN SCREENSHOTS OMG

the-most-medium-lesbian

On your dash? I dig for gold like this,,, by looking at my mutual pages.

lindonleaves

I’ve only seen this on Pinterest!

pisshandkerchief-deactivated202

*gasp* THE SACRED TEXTS!

pocket-sized-friend

:O

kit-and-kitsune

THIS IS A LEGENDARY POST I HAVE BEEN GRACED BY IT’S APPEARANCE!!!

autumnangel20

@hellsite-hall-of-fame

parker-likes-tea-deactivated202

yesssss

isa-ghost

Why did Tumblr stop doing stuff like this, it’s genuinely fascinating, and cute that we include our favorite media in things we do

maximumsunshine

Well. Since you asked. I was on tumblr as this post was being built in 2013. The height of superwholock. Which has, since then, been declared peak cringe. So people picked new fandoms to openly love in earnest. Which were also eventually declared cringe. Eventually the youth decided to cut out the middleman, and declared loving anything in earnest to be fully cringe. So it has been a really long time since the day to day users of tumblr have let any fandom create anything nearing the cultural phenomenon that was superwholock. And it is exactly those cultural phenomena that are needed to create posts like this.

So. What happened? Cringe culture happened.

Try and imagine what would happen if this post wasn’t the “sacred texts” only ever seen in screen shots and in pinterest. Try and imagine any current pop culture detective media fandom creating this post today. They’d be slaughtered for being cringe by the time (in this case) Sherlock was mentined.

But because this post is 10 years old and completely broke containment, it’s celebrated when it graces our dashes.

thecrazyashley-blog

I blazed a small fandom event announcement. Because I was genuinely excited to be part of a Big Bang for a wonderful movie. One of the first responses I got was “Why would you blaze this?” Because of genuine excitement. Because I wanted to celebrate the friends I’d met in the fandom To spread joy to people who might also like the content but hadn’t seen it yet. The fact that that was genuinely not realized made me sad. I love thing, I celebrate thing. I’m too old for cringe. Cringe is dead. Love what you love. Enjoy the small things in life, it’s too short to do otherwise.