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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:

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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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Edit: We survived an ice age and we're very highly adaptable. Plus, we will hold on to some percentage of technical knowledge that will help us adapt faster.

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[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

We killed millions of species to make the rich richer, but some humans survived so that's nice

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Eventually, no one alive will survive.

[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I know I'm a misanthrope because I don't find any silver lining in this truth.

[–] Nay@feddit.nl 2 points 2 weeks ago

This quote really stuck with me. It's where I see the silver lining:

"Blessed are those who plant trees under whose shade they will never sit."

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My biggest issue used to be that in the global industrial base collapses, we won't have surface coal/oil available to restart it. I've been informed that we might be able to restart just from turpentine. (Wind and solar both need advanced manufacturing techniques so can't be bootstrap electrical sources.)

That said, I don't think I'm very interested in hanging around after the global Internet collapses. My interests are too niche to be satisfied within a regional power grid.

Water is the only renewable energy source that isn't that much more complicated than coal.

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