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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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Being stuck in a pod by yourself makes it kinda difficult to get intimate with someone in the real world.

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[–] [email protected] 194 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (26 children)

The answer is in the movie. When explaining the Matrix to Neo, Morpheus says: "There are fields, endless fields, where human beings are no longer born, we are grown."

https://youtu.be/IojqOMWTgv8

Doesn't specify the exact how, but it's strongly implied that it is through either cloning or artificial gestation.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I completely forgot about that part of the movie. Thanks for the reminder!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think you are due for a re-watch! It's great when it's been a few years and you can enjoy some of the bits you forgot about.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately we can never experience the big reveal for the first time again. It was absolutely mind-blowing watching him wake up in the pod on the big theater screen for the first time. That was the coolest movie experience I've ever had.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind. So many firsts to revisit

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you saying to watch ESotSM, or to utilize its one weird trick?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Listen, this is getting creepy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your appearance now is what we call “username”. It is the mustache template projection of your digital self.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Just mustache no beard?? But my beard is awesome!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately I cannot forget even a second of The Matrix.

Fortunately, I don’t need to. It’s like listening to this yet again. It’s beautiful even though I know every note and can listen to the whole thing in my head any time I want: https://youtu.be/LZ48G9UziRs?si=WdHnkS5bvDNdF1wv

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