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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.

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I can never know if someone is supposed to be dead or not. Okay so the protagonists beat a bunch of the anatagonist's goons in battle, did you kill them? Or did they become unconcious?

It's literally never explained.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

If they are attacked with non-lethal weapons or hand-to-hand: they are merely unconscious unless tossed off a fall or into a fire/pit/acid/lava/etc (and even then, sometimes falls aren't deadly if the character was cool enough. See: Boba Fett and Darth Maul).

If they are shot, stabbed, exploded, etc: they are dead.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

In star wars you have to see their physical moment of life leaving them or their ghost to confirm their death. Anything else and they're able to come back.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 17 hours ago

If Palpatine had come back as a ghost would that have been better or worse? 🤔

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

What about getting zapped by electricity?

Is that a death by eletrocution? Or is that just like getting tazed?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

If they smoke (with possible charring depending on the rating of the film) afterward, they're dead. If not, they're fine.

Exception: If you see their bones like an x-ray, even with smoking and charring: they are 100% a-ok.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 2 points 18 hours ago

Also if there eyes aren’t charred, they’re fine.