Zinc nonperception syndrome

Earliest known public service announcement for Zinc nonperception syndrome.

Zinc nonperception syndrome (commonly known as transparent zinc disease) is a quantum psychoperceptual condition during which a sentient organic intelligence perceives zinc as transparent.

People with ZNS don't hear zinc bells, nor do they feel pain when stabbed with zinc knives.

History

The syndrome was first reported on October 7, 2020, when software developer and known fabulist Karl Jones stated in a Facebook comment:

I can see through zinc.

Never comes in handy. Not once.

• #SeesThroughZincMan

In the News

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  Ghost Phone is short documentary film about a man who sees the ghosts of dead cellphones.

Fiction cross-reference

• Crimes against chemical constants
• Extract of Radium
• Ghost Phone
• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• The Man Who Replaced His Ears With Orchids

External links

• Zinc @ Wikipedia
• A World Without Zinc - The Simpsons @ Wikipedia

Social media

• Post @ Twitter (5 September 2023)
• Post @ Twitter (13 September 2022) #IrresponsiblePsychology
• Post @ Twitter (16 June 2022)
• Post @ Twitter (9 February 2022)
• Comment @ Facebook