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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.
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[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago (12 children)

It makes no sense for it to be a simulation like a computer simulation. It’s a simulation like a dream is a simulation. Everything in the universe you observe is you. Waking up from the dream is realising this, and realising nothing exists, just being.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Does that mean that one of us isn't real?

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

Like a dream, you are just me. The floor I walk is me. The air I breathe is me. Everyone I meet, everything I feel, is just me. Nothing is real except I.

[–] Froyn@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I followed you (Egg Theory) right up until that last line.
Slash dot? The tech website is the only real thing?

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Froyn@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Damn, was really hoping there was some deeper stuff I was missing. So you're a subscriber to Egg Theory then?

[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It's called that from that little story about god talking to a recently deceased dude with the end result being that this universe is an egg?

Awesome. I guess I'm an egg theory subscriber.

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It’s not called the Egg Theory. Its called Advaita Vedanta and it’s the oldest religion/metaphysics we have written records for.

And it can indeed get pretty deep. You should read Shankara‘s commentaries on the Vedas.

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