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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.

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There are a lot of bad countries to be born into, I mean just look up the countries with the top number of births.

Also, reincarnation might not be limited to humans... lots of factory farm animals out there for you to be reincarnated as... 👀

Honestly its one of the reasons I wanna live this life as long as I can, I wanna delay being in Afganistan, or North Korea, or a mouse that gets killed by the housecat, or being a damn cockroach.

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[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Even if reincarnation is real, it really wouldn't be you living as a cockcroach.

[–] Isolde@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Oh?

Please tell us what it IS then, since maybe you’ve gone to the other side and made it back in any significant way like exactly no one in this world has.

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Let's assume it's real. Do you identify yourself with any of your past lives?

[–] Isolde@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

How should I know that I had any, and how can you tell? It’s not like there are symptoms; or even a thermometer to gauge if one has had one. Some must be doing it for the first time.