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My last skeet got me thinking: Are UUIDs unique across Marvel's multiverse? Let’s explore this mathematically, and spoiler: infinity makes things complicated 🤯 🧵 (1/7)

UUIDs (Universally Unique Identifiers) have 3.4 undecillion possibilities - an astronomical number that keeps collisions practically impossible in a single universe. But with infinite universes, collisions are inevitable. Why? Because infinity beats finite, no matter how big 2/7

If each universe generates UUIDs independently, eventually you’ll get duplicates across the multiverse. In theory, that’s not a problem unless the universes interact - like they do in Marvel. Suddenly, duplicates can cause chaos in tracking and identification (3/7)

To solve this, you’d need a Multiverse Universal Identifier (MUID): <Universe-ID>-<UUID>. Example: Earth-616-550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000. The Universe-ID ensures UUIDs remain unique across realities (4/7)

Even worse: how do we ensure fairness in assigning IDs? Does every universe start with an equal numbering system, or do powerful universes dominate the structure? (Imagine one universe claiming ID 00000001 for prestige!) (6/7)