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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:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Why?
People had less technology but where not less smart than today. If all, they where used to be smarter than us actually because they had less tech.
Its just paper towels, that pull out one after the other with a stupid fold trick. Anybody even 600y ago would spot that after a brief looking at it.
No, they would probably be curious about the paper itself, but that would be it.
The fact that medieval times where "dark" its a 19th century invented lie. Actually, it's one of the most vibrant and brilliant times of all ages, where economy thrived and people grow was substantial (until 14th century climate changes and pestilences), low population had many advantages and drawbacks. Old roman technology kind of disappeared but the society overall was far from "dark" at all.