The next post in my feed:
https://discuss.online/post/19746751
Very fitting!
this post was submitted on 08 May 2025
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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:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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If they are attacked with non-lethal weapons or hand-to-hand: they are merely unconscious unless tossed off a fall or into a fire/pit/acid/lava/etc (and even then, sometimes falls aren't deadly if the character was cool enough. See: Boba Fett and Darth Maul).
If they are shot, stabbed, exploded, etc: they are dead.
In star wars you have to see their physical moment of life leaving them or their ghost to confirm their death. Anything else and they're able to come back.
If Palpatine had come back as a ghost would that have been better or worse? 🤔
What about getting zapped by electricity?
Is that a death by eletrocution? Or is that just like getting tazed?
If they smoke (with possible charring depending on the rating of the film) afterward, they're dead. If not, they're fine.
Exception: If you see their bones like an x-ray, even with smoking and charring: they are 100% a-ok.
Marv scream
Also if there eyes aren’t charred, they’re fine.
I think it's humorous how much media acts like blunt force trauma doesn't happen.
Batman has likely killed hundreds from internal bleeding.
Knocking someone in the head is apparantly equivalent to anesthesia in the media
"Did Jet just die?"
"You know, it was really unclear"
As iconic as that line is, it's always confused me. It was super obvious to me that he was dead/dying in that scene
If they don't move for a good minute its safe to say they are dead. Most knockouts don't last long without atleast brain damage
Oh well, the protagonists hit the goons in the head, then spent 10 minutes hacking into the systems, I guess they are all dead.
But don't worry tho, the actual mastermind will always get spared. 🙃
A-Team were mass murderers
Watching fights in mma, someone who is knocked out usually doesn’t look dead.
Here’s an idea: watch less violent movies! Sound of Music, Amelie, Toy Story…
Counterpoint: Watch more violent movies.
If someone gets decapitated or fed through a wood chipper then you know for sure they're dead and not unconscious.
If someone gets decapitated or fed through a wood chipper then you know for sure they're dead and not unconscious.
"How is he even walking right now, Tuck?"
"He looks like he's gonna walk it off, he's gonna be fine!"
When Andy walks into the room, are the toys unconscious or dead?
Neither, they are haunted dolls.
Yes.
I see nobody else noticed the sarcasm here... Or doesn't remember Sid or the fact that Sound of Music has Nazis.
Amelie
Watched that a couple of months ago, had a good time. Was pretty surprised to find the origin of FitGirl's profile pic.