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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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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What's more fucked is the "perfect container" thought experiment with infinity.

Take for an example an apple, you put it in your "perfect container" that nothing can pass thru. This is a hypothetical, it doesn't exist.

What happens to the apple?

Fucking everything. It will rot and degrade, eventually breaking down to fundamental elements, but all the energy/matter to make an apple is in there. On an infinite timeline that stuff will go thru every possible permeation. Including an exact and perfect copy of the very same apple. Even if it takes billions and billions of years.

Maybe at some point in the middle. You get an orange.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago