@xgranade the joke I'm thinking about kind of ignores Schrödinger entirely and treats the story as a pop culture phenomenon rather than a thought experiment in physics. In case you're curious:
https://www.tumblr.com/discworldtour/152679700373/greebo-had-spent-an-irritating-two-minutes-in-that
I suppose that in a way this joke highlights the absurdity you're talking about.
By the way, I haven't touched quantum physics at all since high school, and the only thing I did was solve Heisenberg's equation for a few things including an elephant. So basically I'm 100% out of my depth in this conversation, which is why the only thing I'm doing is bringing up a joke from a satirical fantasy novel. I appreciate your thread, I wish I was able to understand more...
@Leendaal