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The Barber Paradox: A Time Traveler's Worst Nightmare

A paradox so mind-bending, it'll make you wonder if you're having a midlife crisis or a temporal crisis.

Imagine a barber who not only cuts hair but also travels through time. Now, imagine he has a shop where he cuts his own hair. Does he cut his own hair? If so, then he must be in the shop, which means he can't cut his own hair. But if he can't cut his own hair, then he must not be in the shop. Which means he can cut his own hair after all, and so on ad infinitum.

This is the Barber Paradox, where the fabric of space-time is as slippery as a snake's hind legs. Don't try to solve it, just enjoy the existential crisis it'll put you through.

The Solution

Well, the solution is quite simple, really. The barber cuts his own hair with a pair of paradox-solvers, which are basically just a pair of quantum shears with a side of temporal tonics to keep things from getting too hairy.

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