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:

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  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
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

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I implore Mr Anthony Albanese to use this opportunity to annex new Zealand. The Australian economy NEEDS those sheep.

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Just can’t fit the rest.

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The reason of course is money apparently defines what is "good".

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In trying to figure out how to warn our descendants about nuclear waste, even through a possible societal collapse, one of the more fun ideas is using cats that show a visible difference in the presence of nuclear radiation along with nursery rhymes/mythology that tell you to get the fuck out of dodge after your cat turns blue.

Similarly, our mythology about the fae lines up alright with current generative AI: it will tell you what you want to hear, but can’t be trusted; it looks like a person, but might have too many fingers or its eyes are made of stone; something’s just off.

To be clear: I don’t actually believe humans destroyed a previous society with “AI” at a similar sophistication level and coded cultural warnings against it into us, but it’s fun to think about.

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If a time traveller posts a video from the future (of say some famous person giving an interview), it probably would appear to us as if its an AI generated video of the said person.

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It struck me that a post not having a million likes doesn't mean that it wasn't seen and recieved by an audience. Nowa days with companies profiling accounts and sharing and selling info with blatant lack of privacy amd trustability, the human audience or readers on a post would be be thinking of the consequences and maybe prefer not to interact. It doesn't mean that the post is useless.

Especially with the increasong proliferation of bots, it's not like the old days and "likes" and the value of a post are different things.

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How to produce shower thoughts ?

Rate my routine :

  1. Shower but no soap, just wet the body
  2. Remove dripping water from body with the small towel
  3. Wet small towel with cold water and remove excess water from the towel
  4. Go to sauna for 12 mins using cold towel
  5. Rince the sweat off from body and towel in shower
  6. Cold water bath
  7. Wash full body and head
  8. Hot water bath
  9. Wash full body and head
  10. Dry with towel
  11. Exit bath area and change back.
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They’re disempowering themselves. Describe themselves as a victim of circumstance, powerless and without responsibility. It’s a disempowering narrative. You’re shooting yourself in the foot. In this story that we live, you are casting yourself as an npc.

On the flip side, saying “I can’t” adds authority to your argument. You’re citing an unstoppable force as the root cause of your actions. So it’s a tradeoff that way.

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Source: In the living room right now with my family of origin 🫠

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Perhaps by gay women? Nah couldn't be....

By straight men tho...

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A few years ago (linked for reference) a group of friends faked a fashion look to get access to an important fashion show. The narrative was that the industry is pretentious and can easily be trolled.

However, objectively they just proved that it is about creativity and not money. They actually showed that the industry cares more about art than being famous or rich.

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