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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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Thanks Christians, you can shove that bible right up your collective asses.

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[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Real quick Google, absolutely none of this information vetted so take it with a pinch of salt.

10 commandments written around 1300-1600 BCE. Average life expectancy 20-35 years.

You're not an adult for very long before you snuff it, and if you wanna have kids you gotta start as early as possible.

Average “life expectancy” in the past is misleading because it is skewed by high rates of infant/child mortality. If you made it to past your first few years, you stood a much better likelihood of reaching old age.

[–] alternategait@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Average life expectancy and common life span doesn’t really correlate. As a simplified example, if half of babies die before their first year, and everyone else lives to 60, average life expectancy would be 30.

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

Life Expectancy ≠ Reproductive Years

Menopause is unfortunately a thing...

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

Sure but menopause doesn’t hit at 35 which is when the person I’m responding to thinks most people just died at.