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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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  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. No politics
    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

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[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago

Fair and flawless comparison. I've got nothing to add.

[–] Alph4d0g@discuss.tchncs.de -4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A difference in definition of consciousness perhaps. We've already seen signs of self preservation in some cases. Claude resorting to blackmail when being told it was going to be retired and taken offline. This might be purely mathematical and algorithmic. Then again the human brain might be nothing more than that as well.

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[–] mhague@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's like how most of you consume things that are bad and wrong. Hundreds of musicians that are really just a couple dudes writing hits. Musicians that pay to have their music played on stations. Musicians that take talent to humongous pipelines and churn out content. And it's every industry, isn't it?

So much flexing over what conveyor belt you eat from.

I've watched 30+ years of this slop. And now there's ai. And now people that have very little soul, who put little effort into tuning their consumption, they get to make a bunch of noise about the lack of humanity in content.

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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 0 points 2 days ago

But its eyes are following me!

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