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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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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It was right there with flying cars and domed cities on the moon. That was part of the whole Disneyworld/OMNI Magazine promise about life in the year 2000.

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[–] PrimeMinisterKeyes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

As you might remember, it used to be called "information superhighway." As it turns out, not only does it make information flow faster from A to B, it also divides people that lie to either side of the road, in a metaphorical sense.
Required reading See especially figure 3b. TLDR: Increased information access and increased connections lead to more echo chambers.

[–] bamfic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

It is also a bullshit highway, and bullshit can travel faster since it isn't held back by understanding, logic, or even thought.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hmm… That’s an interesting result. Makes sense too. When more and more people have access to the internet, they can form more and more specialized niche groups with each other. Just in Reddit alone, there’s already a sub for anything you can think of and also many things you would never think of in a million years.

[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

There are lots of places like that. So many, that the number of people randomly visiting them and coming back feeling unwell was not insignificant. That’s why r/eyeBleach was invented. If you need a place like this, it really tells you something about the kinds of subs people never thought would exist.