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[XKCD] Renormalization.
(imgs.xkcd.com)
Oh I think I get it, after reading the required text. Essentially human's are assholes and have been mistreating electrons since time immemorial, but we were always covert about it. With the rise of the far-right, we're now empowered to be superliminal about our deranged tendencies towards charged particles
Just took a basic course in QFT. ELI5?
"hitting yourself" is referring to self interactions I think
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