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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.

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Closest I've seen to this being done was the movie Black Hawk Down. Meanwhile can you imagine everyone screaming at each other in the John Wick films? Other movies like Aliens would have been a whole different level of horrifying as the sound fades away until its just the sound of the actor's muffled heart beat and their cluelessness that the xenomorph is crawling up behind them.

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[–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

You found this more concerning than the detaching anus?

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Considering that I'm far more likely to be in the vincinity of a veteran and a Pillsbury doughboy commercial, than having to have an anthrax vaccination? Yes, I absolutely find seemingly unprompted blood rage more concerning.

That being said, I would also like to know about the detaching anus thing, but I reckon that I can find that by googling for it.

[–] DevDave@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago

Never happened to me but another sadder response are veterans that post deployment find themselves on the verge of tears when presented with totally benign normal locations like being in a grocery store. Only becomes a concern if this response continually happens or increases in severity.

Remembering seeing this happen to other veterans and partially experiencing it with myself is making me a bit more conscious of the people with some level of PTSD that is debilitating and resistant to treatment.

Yeah, shit just happens sometimes.