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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.

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I have had a great epiphany. It makes so much sense!

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Deja Vu is a "save error" where we basically skip RAM and throw something straight to the hard drive. So we "remember" as we experience it, but can never get ahead of the present moment to "remember" the future.

Because it's still just the present. We're just experiencing a very short term glitch which is relatively normal, or accidentally inhaled a bunch ether or something similar and shits gonna be weird for 2-3 minutes straight before it wears off and the brain recovers.

Like, there's not just short/long term memory. There's a bunch of different types, but the "now" experience is it's own type of memory and last fractions of a second. Break that even momentarily and you experience deja vu because everything just goes straight to the next level of memory. Which is working memory and cover seconds to minutes.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Sometimes I've gotten a sense of delayed deja vu where something I experienced earlier that day feels like it's been in my memory for years

Damn, idk if this is pure speculation that makes sense or based on literature but it's pretty interesting! 🤔