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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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  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. No politics
    • 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.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's also floating in liquid.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yea, I was gonna say, it's really wet in there too. But at least it's got a snug blankie membrane of sorts that does all its local feeling for it, since it couldn't actually detect any of these things for itself with no nerve endings of its own.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For a second there I thought you meant feeling as in emotional and was really confused haha

I just imaged the membrane hugging my brain like "don't worry, I got you, focus on keeping this idiot alive"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I am amused at the idea that ones brain would be making derogatory comments about itself in the third person.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

It feels everything for us but can’t have feelings of its own. Tragedy. 😔

[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 years ago (3 children)

If you're unfamiliar with Plato's Allegory Of The Cave, you should familiarize yourself.

This shower thought is older than showers!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (12 children)

Plato’s allegory of the cave is not about what this shower thought it about.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago (7 children)

It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I've come to accept I'm old.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago

And tubes. One of the tubes delivers glucose and caffeine.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Some light does penetrate the skull. So not completely dark. Also the blood brain barrier is semi permeable, so not completely sealed.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Some light penetrates the skull. Geez, I hadn't thought of this.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The eye sockets do not block the light with bone.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Haha, I understood how as soon as I read the comment, I just hadn't considered it up until that point.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can someone without eyes get brain sunburn?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Based on some people behavior, I would say yes, even with eyes.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

When you get headaches is cuz the AI is flashing light into your brain to examine how your brain is doing in the simulation

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I do wonder if the electrical impulses give off any light

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

To explain why, the electrical signals is not like how we know electricity like when you see lightning. It’s salt/ion based movements in and out of cells. A lot more boring

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Even if how would the brain detect them?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's a separate issue. A blind person could still sit in a well lit room.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

How do I know he’s not squatting a millimeter over the chair?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Everyone thinks they're talking about the human skull and nervous system but if someone is sitting in ther bedroom on a PC it's really not all that different from being a brain in a jar, it's just a different interface and the brain can leave.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

For a moment I thought you reinvented solipsism. ;)
On that page a came across this and I'll just leave it here

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

It doesn't seem to mind

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

I think I have mice in the walls chewing on the wires.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Illuminating

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

What is in your blood impacts you.

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