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r/Showerthoughts

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A subreddit for sharing those miniature epiphanies that make the mundane more amazing.

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to r/Showerthoughts by the_other_irrevenant
1 month ago
You will never know for sure if you are mortal.
to r/Showerthoughts by sturnus-vulgaris
2 months ago
Netflix has finally gotten people excited enough about boxing to cancel their subscriptions to Netflix.
to r/Showerthoughts by texas_nature
1 month ago
Computer chips start out with a photo on a silicon chip, just to be put on a device to create more photos.
to r/Showerthoughts by TheRobbuddha
4 days ago
If you make at least $36/hr, or $75K/year working 40 hours a week, you earn at least $.01 for every second of work.
to r/Showerthoughts by Robestos86
3 weeks ago
As a species, we are entirely surrounded at all times by fish.
to r/Showerthoughts by RealGabe101
1 month ago
The more humanity advances, the less Sci-fi movies stay Sci-fi.
to r/Showerthoughts by TheLastTsumami
1 month ago
Things that smell bad are usually a sign that it’s not good for us so to most animals, humans must really stink.
to r/Showerthoughts by mus3man42
3 months ago
Dogs have four knees.
to r/Showerthoughts by Sulfito
3 months ago
It’s easier to accept conspiracy theories than scientific ones because understanding science requires studying.
to r/Showerthoughts by Volcz
3 months ago
As an adult, there's nothing stopping you from buying and enjoying a birthday cake when it's not your birthday.
to r/Showerthoughts by TheRealOcsiban
1 month ago
Getting cash in a birthday card probably feels like a gift card with extra steps for kids who buy everything digitally these days.
to r/Showerthoughts by gophercuresself
3 months ago
Our richest companies & individuals are right now channeling their vast resources & the entirety of recorded human knowledge towards creating an artificial brain. Economic structures we have created compel us inexorably towards this. AI may be an inevitable emergent property of humanity
to r/Showerthoughts by Pliny_the_middle
1 month ago
There aren't a lot of white butt plugs.
to r/Showerthoughts by Myomyw
1 month ago
We've all grown up with the concept of what a robot voice would sound like, but because of the way AI has developed, when we actually get real robots, they'll sound exactly like a human.
to r/Showerthoughts by econpol
1 month ago
Solid train infrastructure would be really useful for a large number of people to flee hurricane zones when they otherwise can't get out easily due to lack of gas, functioning cars, or too much traffic.
to r/Showerthoughts by kimtaengsshi9
1 month ago
Employers would be more amenable to remote work arrangements if commuting time is legally mandated as paid work hours.
to r/Showerthoughts by DarkRaven01
3 months ago
Having a mental disability is like being in a wheelchair except nobody can see the wheelchair, so they have no idea why you can't "walk" on your own.
to r/Showerthoughts by 751assets
3 months ago
Accountants (tax/audit) deal in totals making them numb to the actual monetary impact of small numbers.
to r/Showerthoughts by MaybeTheDoctor
3 months ago
You could probably harness zombies for perpetual energy.
to r/Showerthoughts by YouGotMyCheezWhiz
3 months ago
Commercial kitchens are probably the only professional environment where loudly announcing to all your coworkers that you're holding a knife is considered good etiquette.
to r/Showerthoughts by ParticleDetector
3 months ago
We are the only species that will save another species from extinction solely based on the reason that they’re going extinct.
to r/Showerthoughts by StiNgNinja
3 months ago
We're like time travelers, always trying to be somewhere we're not. Playing the lifelong game of age hide-and-seek: cozying up to grown-ups as kids, then chasing youth when our knees creak. Do we ever just... live?
to r/Showerthoughts by eyekill11
1 month ago
It's easy to be selfless when you don't value yourself.
to r/Showerthoughts by thesmartass1
3 months ago
It's a miracle there hasn't been any attempt to remake "Back To The Future".
to r/Showerthoughts by Shart_Director
3 months ago
Maybe it's considered the "End Times" because so many people are not having children, therefore ending their bloodlines that existed for hundreds of thousands of years.