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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:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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i agree with everything you said.
are we living in the moment, or are we just remembering right now?
when you die, your brain does a bunch of crazy shit. it doesn't take more than a few psychadelics to see that. perception changes. perspective changes. you realize that you're just part of the One Big Soul.
and then you realize it's really dusty and you're poor again.
You could be a brain in a vat - what you experience in that case would effectively be a simulation running on wetware instead of silica. But that still wouldn’t change the fact that what you’re experiencing is happening right now from your subjective point of view. Even if this were just a pre-recorded memory from someone else, it still feels like the present moment to you.
Everything you perceive could be smoke and mirrors, completely fake - but the one thing that remains undeniably true is that it feels like something, not nothing. Even a psychedelic trip, as bizarre or unreal as it may seem, is still just another appearance in consciousness. And for that to happen, your biological body needs to be alive. If you're dead, there’s nothing left that could have - or host - that experience.
i'm hung up on the "wetware" thing. explain or gtfo.
I'm refering to the meat computer i.e. human brain.
you've to to explain how they write "wetfare". i thought i was clear.
I don't understand what you're asking.
we're got hardware. that's the stuff we write ~hardware~ software and firmware on.
what the heck is "wetware"? what's that tech? it's new to me.
I just told you. I'm speaking of the human brain.
this is getting tiresome
https://old.lemmy.world/comment/16561390
I agree. I’m getting pretty tired of your condescending tone. I’ve looked past your false accusation about me supposedly downvoting you, ignored the rude “explain or GTFO” remark, and even politely asked you to clarify what you were asking so I could give you a more helpful answer - but you just keep going with the same behavior.
You have a nice day.
i hope you have a nice day, too, but you still didn't explain how "wetware" is written, assuming we live in a simulation. that's what this is all about, right? i didn't mean to make accidentally make you feel something..
i see your opinion (it's a small world; voting is pretty clear). do you care to argue for it, or are you happy with your downvote?