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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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Fun fact. I had to take a neuroanatomy course where we dissected real human brains.
A human brain smells very very similar to raw chicken fat.
Like. I couldn't eat chicken for months after taking that class and a few classmates told me it also turned them off chicken.
Also they are bigger than I thought and weigh quite a bit.
I don't like body horror though so generally my curiosity was satiated within 15 min and I remained grossed out the rest of the semester.
I think I actually became increasingly repelled by the brains. They smelled worse over time we kept them in some preservation fluid. The more we cut them up the more mushy they got.
Also. Holding a brain upside down ,.. Yeah so because it's symmetrical and all the little extra bits are symmetrical, it can cause pareidolia. It looks like , idk. Things start to look weird. Really weird.
Circle of willis on their own look like a little alien creature on your brain base. It's weird and creepy.
Other structures make it look like weird faces or something.
I didn't like the class much.
That sounds equally awful and fascinating! I've helped out in radiology (Healthcare IT) a lot over the years and the physiology is endlessly fascinating - until it makes me nauseous...
I thought my curiosity would win out over the disgust. But it did not.
Sounds like fun to me, but I'm weird 🤷