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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: 1

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We pop out as babies, and while we grow older, we develop more and more babies on our extremities, who again grow up and develop more and more babies.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

That's not accurate, but it's a damn good shower thought :)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You should read layers of fear by jinjo ito. Not exactly your shower thought but close enough to be relevant.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, it would be very weird for us to think about ourselves growing as humans.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

For posting, because apparently it would be normal for us.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I think I missed a clause in my original comment. It is weird to us. You're right. But to those hypothetical humans it wouldn't be weird.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Edited my comment: https://lemmy.today/comment/13326703 (wouldn't instead of would. Sorry about this clutter-fuck)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Or we just get thicker and thicker and an autopsy is like cutting you in half and counting the rings of growth and looking for damage indicators in each ring

[–] hperrin 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Some of us do just get thicker and thicker…

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

We are Ents not fat 🤯

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

You can see here the emotional damage of x year

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

A genuine family tree.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

This will live rent free in my head