Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. No politics
    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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Maybe it's just because the latter evokes that speech from the Heath Ledger joker, making it less serious.

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I know that this is an oversimplification but the process made me chuckle.

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At least a first name if family name is too much administrative hassle.

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It’s really good at making us feel like it’s intelligent, but that’s no more real than a good VR headset convincing us to walk into a physical wall.

It’s a meta version of VR.

(Meta meta, if you will.)

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Americans (or many of them) are nostalgic about the 1950s, where the economy was booming and wages were high.

The loss of that in the recent decades has triggered the 5 stages of grief.

  • denial
  • anger
  • bargaining
  • depression
  • acceptance

America is currently in the second stage, anger, and that's what causes Trump's fury.

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Terraria's mining and crafting are both more involved and complex than Minecraft's, and represent a greater part of the game.

Minecraft isn't so much about mining or crafting, but about having your own world with total freedom, which the title "Terraria" evokes more.

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It goes like this : Focus intensely upon your work. Make it awesome. And let everything else go to hell.

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When hammers were invented, people were like, "Cool! So much easier and faster than screwing! And even cheaper!"

And they threw away their screwdrivers and happily hammered their screws in, telling each other how much better things had become.

This is a story about AI.

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Planes were used in the world wars, then we have 9/11. This is the post 9/11 era where air travel sucks so much.

Similarly:

Drones are now being used in the Russo-Ukrainian war. Eventually, there will be a "9/11" with multiple coordinated drone attacks and then the way drones are treated will be forever changed. Civillian ownership of drones will likely be heavily restricted or entirely banned.

History rhymes.

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Imagine having to force yourself to chew and swallow substances because you will die otherwise.

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If ignorance is bliss, why are there so many unhappy people?

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If it's oats, antonyms.

If it's a celebrities rise fo fame, synonyms.

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How is kindness a bad thing? I thought that was universally agreed to be a good message to have in a piece of media. I guess the excuse is they don't want media to have messages at all but like, how would you even have a movie where the hero has no values that they stand for?

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I do know that it is the first one but still, my shampoo smells really appetising and just like the real thing...but every time I eat a really tasty/ aromatic fruit, my brain goes like "that tastes like my shampoo/ shower gel!"

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