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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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    • 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.
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[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Why stop at appliances? By that logic, humans are nothing more than self-propelled heaters. The whole universe is nothing but shifting pockets of heat like the ripples of a pond bouncing back and forth until they all disappear.

Such nihilism.

[–] Branch_Ranch@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

I read somewhere that when engineers are designing home heating/ cooling systems, they factor in the number of humans in a home as 100 watts each. I think dogs are 50 watts.

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

We also have the ability to think sometimes

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

There was a paper floating around about a decade ago. Basically it was asserting that biological life is the natural outcome of entropy itself. Bc living beings are especially good at increasing entropy over time. Not sure if it was credible but a fun idea nontheless