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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:

Rules

  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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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean you're clearly not in a shower

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Better signal in there or something?

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Points at the community name

[–] MP3Martin@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago

!usernamechecksout@lemmy.ca

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have a tiny spider like this is my room. Her name is Tiny and she visits my desk when I'm working sometimes. It always makes me smile

[–] 3ntranced@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I had the same partner at my last workplace. Always showed up on the top of the monitor when I'd arrive in the morning!

[–] 3ntranced@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

For reference this is them on a business card.

[–] unfinish_d@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

That's really cute ngl

[–] terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 years ago

They can burst move faster than our eyes are capable of seeing. Most of their movements are burst speeds lol. So they effectively are D&D phase spiders XD

[–] alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you tried unplugging your eyes, installing the later firmware and drivers and plugging it back in?

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm afraid it wont reinstall correctly or I lose the drivers. This hardware is ancient.

[–] alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Quite often, doom is the only thing that will run.

Have you tried turning on DLSS or FSR ? It should improve frame rate.

[–] ResoluteCatnap@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago

Used to have one that visited me every day for lunch at the office. We were friends and i would put obstacles up and then encourage him to jump onto the obstacles. This went on for several weeks until he just didn't show up one day and never again 😭

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can't be the only one confused about whether this was supposed to be an animated image or not.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Just shake your phone a bunch and you'll get the jist of it.

It's actually a demon that teleports from one spot to the next

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Jumping spiders (I think it's a jumping spider) just kinda be like that. They're very cute but also very twitchy.

[–] BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

There’s a scifi novel called Blindsight by Peter Watts that plays with this exact issue.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They do be movin' like the animation in the Spiderverse movies.

[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

They also know how to teleport short distances.

[–] gaael@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Anyone else getting that Dr Who creepy angels vibe ?