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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 flew for the first time on a plane last week and I've seen planes take off at the airport. It looks crazy. But being on one is totally different like holy shit. The thing just FLIES. It just.... Soars... Through the sky! Like whoa man. Wtf... It's crazy. With how much these things weigh, it's insane to me the thing can just go up and bam, there we are, we're flying now. Like wow... Dude crazy.

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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 65 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (9 children)

I hate that everybody's like, it's not that big a deal.

We only started doing it 124 years ago! Prior to that it was a very big deal indeed.

Everyone's so fucking smart these days, there's no room for a sense of wonder. It's like being blasé and knowledgeable is cool. It's really not.

You keep flying with your beautiful sense of wonder, Buttflapper!

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I don't need ignorance to feel wonder. I think things are cooler when I can marvel at the complex mechanics behind it all.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What puts me in awe of things like flight isn't the act itself, but the brilliance of the people who designed it to work. I look at the aerodynamic shape of an airfoil and think "we did that...humans".

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

To be fair, we sorta knew it was possible because birds. I think it's more impressive when we don't know what can happen, like breaking the sound barrier or putting people in space.

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