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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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    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Honestly the end is not near

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Actually, this is part of the horror. Is gonna be a long, drawn out, and painful several generations long apocalypse.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh great, an inclusive apocalypse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The universe will still exist.... But the end of the human animal is most certainly nigh.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We're literally the most successful animal in the planet. Even a global catastrophe won't take us out when we're incredibly adaptable.

It may kill a lot of people but it's gonna be like hand sanitizer on bacteria. Even a 0.1% or even 0.01% who survive is still a whole lot of people left.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

How do you define success in this logic?

What do you mean by incredible adaptable? We have only existed for a short period of time as species and have been plentiful only for a fraction of that period during, so far, climate conditions that have have worked to our favour.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It certainly is possible because we have the technology to do so. We are adaptable because of our tech and our communication. Plus the sheer numbers of our species can probably survive most things in some sort of way. Gigantic hurricanes aren't going to kill someone in a bunker. Either is radiation or acid rain.

It is possible that we lose it all and have a runaway greenhouse gas problem like Venus. So I hear what you are saying. It can take us all out too. But it depends on what takes us out that keeps some of us here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How is it any more nigh now than 50 years ago?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I haven't heard a good answer for this one