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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's routine for even relatively unsuccessful posts and comments to get 1000+ views. Imagine that many people huddled around you in the real world hearing your take on the Reddit API changes or looking at the dumb meme you made in 5 minutes. That would be something, wouldn't it? For some reason we don't think it is just because it's happening on the internet.

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[โ€“] GutterPunch@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (5 children)

This is the first era in humanity's existence where screaming into the vast abyss will get you a few digital screams of reassurance echoed back at you, sometimes hundreds. Historically there is no precedence for this, nor evolutionarily, and people are not developed catered to this modern existence. It is truly wonderful to get to exist in this moment in human history where not only can we shoot satellites into space but we can also instant message poo emojis to someone on the other side of the planet, and get their response poo emojis instantly, without having to wait for it to be carried on boats, on the backs of horseback postmen and on pidgeons.

[โ€“] KuchiKopi@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[โ€“] CoupleOfConcerns@lemmy.nz 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

And now potentially 100s of people will have the thought of poo in their heads. You did that. That's the power of the internet.

[โ€“] fetchezlavache@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] mah@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

๐Ÿ’ฉ๐Ÿ’ฉ๐Ÿ’ฉ๐Ÿ’ฉ๐Ÿ’ฉ

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