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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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I remember the first time when I was a kid and went to a dentist. I got my baby teeth pulled without anesthesia. It hurts, ALOT. At the time I remembered thinking: But if I die, I have to do that again? Noooooo

Same thing with all the bullying in school, all the embarassing things that happen, all the homework/classwork, all the tests, everything.

IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN!

Think you got your worldview and political ideology correct? Well, you could become a bad person the next life.

(but hey, this is just a theory, ~~a game theory~~ an existential crisis theory)

(Sorry if this sounds so bizzare, I'm not high or anything, I just have anxiety and I have to get weird thoughts out of my head by posting it 🫠)

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[–] MarriedCavelady50@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don’t you get reborn in a different time period and body? Or is that The Egg ?

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I love that one ..... you get reborn endlessly until you eventually live every single life in the universe.

You are essentially the only life in the universe. You are everything and everyone that ever lived.

What a profound awakening it would be if we/us/you suddenly realized this.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So... are you me in the future or in the past? Like... did I already lived that life or is that a life I have yet to live?

[–] MarriedCavelady50@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

It’s a short story by Andy Weir.

Kurzgesagt animated it - https://youtu.be/h6fcK_fRYaI