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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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[–] rowinxavier@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yep, and not to mention the position of our solar system in the Milky Way or our galaxy in the local cluster. In fact, without a specific reference frame you would have to make corrections very rapidly for even a tiny jump in time.

[–] toast@retrolemmy.com 2 points 1 day ago

Depends on how time travel works. I mean, within the next 24 hours I plan to travel to tomorrow. I'm not going to be taking any of that into account.

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

There was a not very good TV show Seven Days that used this well. They had a time machine that could go back in time seven days. The pilot had to fly the machine chasing the earth as he traveled back in time.

He would usually end up crashing it somewhere and have to find a phone to call for pickup.

[–] rowinxavier@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

Yep, and he had to also solve the problem of the week given everything they could figure out in the 7 days following it happening. A cool set of limitations for the writers, the execution was a little sloppy, but overall a cool idea.