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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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also I just realized that Brazil did NOT make a programming language entirely in Spanish and call it "Si" and that my professor was making a joke about C... god damn it

this post is probably too nieche but I feel like Lemmy is nerdy enough that enough people will get it lol

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[–] realitista@lemmus.org 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I meant that with a Caterham or other kit cars you have to think about every little nut and bolt that goes into the car. You have to make sure everything is properly tightened and tuned or else something pretty catastrophic can happen. And that's entirely on you and your ability to do everything to spec.

Whereas with a Mercedes most of that stuff was figured out already, and if you do need to work on it it probably involves more about checking the diagnostics and taking it to the garage. You don't need to get every bolt perfectly tightened and tune the carbonator for every build. You take some off the shelf parts and bolt it on to what's already there.

Not a perfect analogy but that's what I meant.