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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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Coming soon to self-driving cars: Grandad comes to visit from Kansas, but he's been dead for five hours.
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There was a slight oopsie with Pip-Pop on the way to . Please review the following transcript log, created by my tamper-proof auditing system (powered by Windows 15). light editing for readability legal subsystem at our headquarters. To obtain the original file <encountered unhandled exception, rebooting>
5:46:37 - ⚠️ the onboard Waygo Intelligence®️ Agent has detected a sudden adverse health event affecting passenger #A-7713. This matter was urgently escalated with priority to the Higher Intelligence Executive Oracle Cluster (codename Steve). Steve's analysis considered proximity to medical facilities covered by #A-7713's insurance plan, in combination with his worsening condition and determined that a euthanization was the best, most humane course of action for all parties. ordered me to initiate procedure 6-7 to euthanize my occupant.
live_feed_of_poor_old_pip-pop_slumped_over_in back seat.mp4
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how long did this take you to make
Bravo 👏
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(Insert Delamain Taxi from CP2077)
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