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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.

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Thought of this in the shower after commenting on a post about securing boot partitions.

I'm not knocking on any of these things, only noting their similarity. When taken to the extreme, all of them seem to evoke a weird mix of paranoia and eager anticipation.

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[–] Bongles@lemmy.zip 37 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I guess you're not wrong, but we do see digital things disappear constantly and without warning. If no one backed up that data it's gone forever.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 days ago

And everyone everywhere just takes it for granted that someone has backed up things.

And no one realizes that things are lost until they're gone

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago

Yeah, like I said I'm not knocking any of these activities, and they all have some reason behind them. On the "prepper" side, lots of people recognize the value of things like emergency plans and even having a go-bag packed. There's value in it, for sure.

I guess I'm not as concerned about some data being lost, just as I'm not as concerned about prepping for imminent nuclear war.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 5 days ago

But once something is on the Internet it's there forever! /s