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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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[–] Gpennyhigh@lemmy.world 10 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

It is fun to ponder how the hydrogen from the very start is in us now, and was in comets, dinosaurs and giant trees that died long ago and gave up their elements that could be in us now. As wise people said, “You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop” and "We are a way for the universe to know itself... on this pale blue dot."

[–] nforminvasion@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

"You are the cosmos made conscious" - Brian Cox

"...you're not something that's a result of the big bang. You're not something that is a sort of puppet on the end of the process. You are still the process. You are the big bang, the original force of the universe, coming on as whoever you are." - Alan Watts

"Allow yourself to fantasy that you're 13.8 million years old And you're part of this incredible ocean of happening Instead of just this one individual Just let yourself experience that for a second The glorious knowledge that you are a never-ending, ever-changing flow of matter that's temporarily manifested with the ability to express love" - Dunkin Trussel

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 5 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Almost all hydrogen in the universe was formed mere seconds after the Big Bang

[–] Fluke@feddit.uk 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

And anything heavier than iron (IIRC, it's late here) is only formed when a star dies.

The more violent the death, the heavier more exotic shit gets created, as a rule.

[–] Samuel610@feddit.nu 1 points 8 hours ago

That's pretty incredible to think about