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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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Who needs guns and tanks when you've got a dog the size of a horse that can run at 258 mph and breathe fire? And he's biddable enough to be commanded by a ten year old.

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[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub -1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Well sure, we have to narratively excuse it somehow. Otherwise... take a Pokémon game and replace all the Pokémon with pit bulls and rot weilers &etc and then you have dog fighting simulator.

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I mean, yes, but it is also a well-established bit of the lore. It even shows it in the first anime when Charizard is so unimpressed by Ash that he usually refuses to fight at all, and the one time he does fight (because the other Pokémon was strong enough to interest him) he just does his own thing and doesn’t listen to anything Ash says.

Because, when you think about it, what are you really going to do against a giant fire-breathing lizard that says ‘no’ when you ask him to fight? Especially if you’re a ten-year-old kid.

[–] Jomega@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Pokémon are as smart as humans though. Sometimes smarter. It's not really the same thing, is it?