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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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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Well, 'chat' is Internet Chat, as it's been known for 30 years when it moved from academia to mainstream.

'Pop off' is just this year's slang for "rapidly gain popularity", and it'll be replaced by something equally ephemeral (like with 'fetch', 'fleek', some level of 'rizz' or 'cap') soon.

[–] justaman123@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I thought pop-off was like 10 years old

[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Maybe for certain groups of people. It's decades old.

[–] Pistachio@lemmy.zip 1 points 15 hours ago

All fads circle back

[–] pfr@piefed.social 1 points 15 hours ago

Can confirm. I'm 40 (oldest Millenial) and shit was poppin-off back in 2010.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Stop trying to make fetch happen. It's not going to happen.

[–] loweffortname@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 20 hours ago

This comment is streets ahead.

[–] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Thank you, but that still doesn't really explain why 2021. Chatting services we're popular way before that. Something must have happened in the year 2021 in relation to technology so that this specific year was chosen as last decent production year for technology.

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I saw a comment somewhere else on Lemmy saying they heard someone refer to asking chatgpt something as "asking chat." So I think it was a meta reference to calling AI chat.

And yes, since chatgpt was released in 2022 my cutoff for searches is also 2021, so it makes perfect sense to me.

[–] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 2 points 14 hours ago

Yeah that does make sense, thank you.

[–] SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This might be my "woosh" moment. But I'll bite.

I think they were referring to ChatGPT being let loose on the general public. That kinda marked the start for the current AI bubble and the enshittification of every new tech product with some sort of LLM bullshit.

[–] Pistachio@lemmy.zip 1 points 15 hours ago
[–] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

No, I'm genuinely curious why such an odd number, like 2020 would make more sense as it's the beginning of a decade.

ChatGPT was released late 2022. So it cant be that one either. Maybe some other AI chat service was released around 2021?

[–] SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah. Or maybe they just got the number wrong, like I did.

[–] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 1 points 14 hours ago