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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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[–] radix@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago

I said this when he bought Bond and the Washington Post.

Bezos is basically Elliot Carver from Tomorrow Never Dies: billionaire media mogul who manipulates the news to his own ends.

Slight tangent, but Elon Musk is even more like Hugo Drax of Moonraker: foreign-born billionaire who owns a rocket company and is obsessed with repopulating the earth with his own offspring.

[–] hakase@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is why I think Tomorrow Never Dies is one of the most underrated films in the franchise.

[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Agreed. It's a really creative story.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] BryyM@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Doctor Evil, but unfunny.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I had him as more of a Lex Luthor.

Larry Ellison feels like more of a Bond Villain.

Mark Zuckerberg could work as some kind of 80s/90s action movie baddie. I know a good analog is out there, but the best I can come up with is the VP from Robocop or the various evil CEOs from Tron.

Elon Musk feels like a Captain Planet villain.

[–] BryyM@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lex Luthor as a bond villain could work

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Older versions of him work. The newer versions tend to be Wizard in a Gundam.

You only had him as Lex Luthor because he's bald

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 2 points 1 week ago

He's a secret agent

[–] lime@feddit.nu 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

idk about that, have you ever seen larry ellison's wikipedia article

the man is basically ~~wet blofeld~~ karl stromberg

[–] Trex202@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Agreed, he can be in the 2nd movie

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I'd keep Bezos as the OG Dr No (Nu? The villain that gets mocked in Austin Powers) and Larry Ellison as his porn double. Then Musk as their cyber punk porn double.

[–] Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

There was a time when all past movie Bonds were still alive. It would have been a great opportunity to make them the heads of SPECTRE and dramatically reshape the franchise.