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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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The stardust is a given. As for sunlight, all the energy including somewhat arguably geothermal (using the suns gravity to help form the earth and I guess radioactive material being formed by other stars) comes from the sun and gets converted into chemical energy you eat so you're stardust animated by sunlight (mainly).

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

yeah it depends on the level. we are earthdust and eat earthstuff to stay alive. Go one out and its sun. go another and its maybe black holes or at the very least the big bang which could be one more iteration. maybe membrane at that point and vibrating strings and such.

[–] Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

True, sometimes as a joke when I'm meeting someone for the first time I'll say "omg it's been so live since I've seen you, like nearly 13.8 billion years since we met last".

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Joke's on you, you probably have drunk an incredible number of water molecules of that person's recycled urine, particularly if they live anywhere nearby.

[–] Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Also other organisms, i wonder if it's safe to say all water is dinosaur piss or not