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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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[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Any examples of Wikipedia trying to rewrite history?

[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The pyramids in Egypt were dated by radiocarbon dating, but those dates only indicated that the pyramid structure was inhabited or used at that time - it says nothing of the construction date. Yet the pyramids have dates with no cited references on Wikipedia. What is so wrong with saying that we don’t know with any certainty how, when, or why the structures were built?

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, they could have been built by aliens who just wanted to share their urine salt treatment for cancer with us.

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

god forbid someone has hobbies 🙄 /s

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I get what kind of guy you are now.

Everyone itt note: this guy is against Wikipedia and thinks these things. This is EXACTLY WHY we need Wikipedia. He would literally be smarter if he had never used social media and had only used Wikipedia random article generator.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giza_pyramid_complex

All were built during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt, between c. 2600 – c. 2500 BC

The Giza pyramid complex consists of the Great Pyramid (also known as the Pyramid of Cheops or Khufu and constructed c. 2580 – c. 2560 BC)

Tell me, what does the "c." before those dates mean? It's pretty explicitly an estimate. Have you ever bothered to click their source links for this info to understand why they got these dates?

https://aeraweb.org/

[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But the evidence says nothing of the construction. The only thing carbon remnants indicate is that the pyramids are at least that old. That they were used and inhabited that long ago. If you believe they were constructed at the time, I would ask what evidence is there? Scant radiocarbon dating is not a definitive story to believe. Lichen in the granite quarry? Remnants along the road? A bakery and some mortar dust does not explain or date the construction of mountains of granite with no mortar between joints.