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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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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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Edit: We survived an ice age and we're very highly adaptable. Plus, we will hold on to some percentage of technical knowledge that will help us adapt faster.

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[–] scott@lemmy.org 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Climate change is just the tip of the big white iceberg

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yep. It doesn't count any of the other huge problems we're creating.

  • Our farming techniques deplete the land and turn it to desert
  • Over-fishing/hunting have led multiple animal populations on the brink of collapse. Even a small change could end it.
  • We're very close to depleting aquifers all over the globe. Once those are gone we don't have anything to drink or to water our crops.
  • We're poisoning the skies and waterways with toxic chemicals, plastics, and forever chemicals.
  • We're breeding antibiotic resistant germs and modern travel allows viruses to spread worldwide in hours/days

We're rushing towards our destruction in multiple ways. Any of those alone would result in massive deaths. And as resources get tighter, disputes and wars will break out over what's left.

All of these together will nearly certainly lead to our destruction. And this is going to start hitting hard within 5-10 years.

[–] scott@lemmy.org 4 points 1 day ago

I said the same thing 5 years ago and guess what? It's already hitting hard. Look at America right now, just black bagging people off the street.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

The saddest part is that we have the technology and means to fix any and all of these, just not the desire.

[–] Nay@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago