Absolute Johannes factotum
- SCP-4330 (?)
- SCP-4330 is an uncontained phenomenon that causes all sound on Earth's surface to temporarily disappear for a few milliseconds, registering as quiet as the vacuum of space. This happens because many unrelated, explainable events, like conversations pausing or machines failing, coincidentally occur at the exact same time to create a moment of complete silence. Despite numerous attempts, the Foundation has been unable to stop these increasingly frequent events, which are predicted to eventually occur continuously by 2055, with unknown consequences for the planet.
- Self-referential humor (?)
- The article describes self-referential humor, also known as meta humor, as a comedic expression that intentionally alludes to itself or to the person delivering the humor. This type of humor often uses hypocrisy, oxymoron, or paradox to create a funny, contradictory, or absurd situation. Examples include jokes about joke structures, jokes that refer to themselves, and even linguistic phenomena like RAS syndrome, where the acronym itself contains a redundant word, making it inherently self-referential.