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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.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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edit - Yeah I play video games with violence too, my point is that video games are a mirror that exposes a less brutal image of ourselves than we are convinced of. The truth of what we desire is as often silly or altruistic as it is selfish or violent, even in the realm of fantasy where the violence is unreal as everything else.

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[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

I would be throwing water bottles at and casting lightning bolt on all my problems

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Then I'd be pretty violent against demon invasions of our world. Or maybe I already am, don't really know how to test it out lol.

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[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Speak for yourself; I am a VERY violent gamer! There's a mission in Cyberpunk that really gets my blood boiling. These two guys are into human trafficking and shooting pornography of their sexual exploits. The father of a little boy they abused and filmed themselves abusing and murdering hires you to find them and kill them. Well, they don't just shoot porn, they shoot brain dances, which are like interactive VR videos where you play a role. And they "shoot" while "in" the brain dance... so when you find them, they're in their rigs and unaware you're there. You can shoot them. You can wake them up and shoot them. You can shoot one and listen to the other mourn the one you shot (they're father and son). Or you can leave them for the police. I always wake them up, shoot the son, let the father mourn him for a few minutes, then pull out a sword and take his head off. Can't do anything about the people who do that for real, so I do it in a video game.

Though I just finished my third run through Night City, this time on the Xbox. I think I'm done for a while (it is a VERY long game and I insist on doing ALL the quests... my game time was something like 250 hours). I recently bought it on Mac (it was just ported) so I will go through it again on my computer with the keyboard and mouse. Sure, it looks like ass on the Mac (the whole computer, storage and all is one chip, there's no dedicated graphics card) but it plays!

I'm gonna do the Mass Effect trilogy next. Just got the remastered trilogy for $6 on Xbox. I've started the first one a couple times but never finished it. I keep hearing it's a masterpiece. This time I'm gonna get through the first one, and then do the second one. I expect them to take a long time.

I also play Animal Crossing. As of last year, that's my main game. I've got everything unlocked, I'm just trying to finish the museum (without cheating). I got both the tarantula and the scorpion, so I never need to run around at night with my net out (which is what makes them attack, the only "scary" thing in Animal Crossing). They do sell for 8,000 Bells (the in-game currency) each, which is nice, but I make so much more than that every day, and I could make ~130,000 every 3 days harvesting all my fruit. Wasps is 15k (5 x 3,000 each), the money rock is 16.1k, I don't need the hassle of catching the high value bugs (plus they're rare). I've paid off all my loans to Tom Nook. The new update coming out in January will add two more storage upgrades, but I have 5.5M Bells banked, so I think I'm good and I don't need more storage anyway (but buying it might unlock more fun stuff). They showed us more than they told us about, so there's probably features they didn't even show. Definitely a good time to book a deserted island getaway!

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Man what an adventure this was for me!

[–] skeptomatic@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably put military in our cities, rename Department of Defence to Department of War.. Make preparations to invade Venezuela or something...
GOoD ThiNg viDYa gAmeS don'T AFfeCt the ReAL WorlD!

[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are you saying Hogsbreath is copying the plot of Battlefield 6?

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