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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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[–] elrik@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Those companies aren't "the Internet." They're products connected to the Internet.

The OP argument is like saying the Internet is dead because Netflix is down.

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

A lot of people would say the internet was down if a large number of those products weren’t available. Also companies like Google do own parts of the physical Internet infrastructure.