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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:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- No politics
- 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
- Posts must be original/unique
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Yeah and you want to play among the stars? They are all lightyears away from each other so you'd just be playing in empty space. Makes no sense at all.
They are all lightyears away from us, but there are some star clusters, particularly closer to the middle of the Milky Way, that are relatively close to each other.
"relatively" is doing a shitload of work there
Alpha Centauri A and B are closer from each other (~23AU) than the Sun and Neptune (~30AU). That's basically next door in astrological terms, but still a whole freaking lot of empty space lol
lol yes exactly
It's Alpha Centauri C that's really fucking things up for generations of Trisolarans.
Also, what if there were like, large, space fairing celestial beings which might be biblical spirits or alien monsters in mech suits?... And they can like, ninja around in space. The song might make more sense for them.
Confirmed: Frank Sinatra was a space alien.
Now look, there's the moon and mars but if you want to go near the middle of the Milky Way that's a whole different kind of operation my friend.
Not one to brag, but I've reached the centre in Spore.
Plus:
1.) No oxygen, so hope you brought your spacesuit, dumbass.
B.) If you do get too close to a star, you're dead meat.
The man has a death wish. It's an irresponsible song.