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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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[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Considering the millions of disabled veterans out there, many of whom were recruited for purely financial reasons or to get out of a dead end life post-high school, yeah. I'd rather see a real story of James Bond doing something more difficult than being a fancy dickbag for the 900th time.

And hey, the therapist can give him a handy at some point or whatever. Everyone can be happy.

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 hour ago

ok, but you know James Bond is British, yeah?

So the armed forces recruitment system isn't quite as aggressive as the US, and because of universal healthcare, and unemployment benefits, people don't get pushed into it from the other end quite as much, either.

Now I come to think of it, there's at least a couple of times when we get to see Bond in hospital ... usually ending up with him having raunchy sex of some sort ... so it's been done.

Lots of people enjoy watching those movies as they are, not many people enjoy films about realistic personal struggles.