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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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[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 58 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Isnt it more like USD is finally as stable as cryptocurrency?

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 3 weeks ago

Some people aren't aware of order of incidence.

[–] LaoisheFu@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago
[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

The US economy is going TO THE MOON!! HODL!!!

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 3 weeks ago

DIAMOND HANDS!

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

BANG! ZOOM!

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago

you're an optimist

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not quite. The US economy is a large, slow-moving mass, and even with the chaos-monkey-in-chief doing his worst there will be meaningful economic activity: food will be grown, wages and rent paid, other goods manufactured even if only for local use. Crypto, meanwhile, has no connections to the world other than a fringe of payments which, for various reasons, cannot be made by other, vastly more efficient means. A scenario where the two are equally stable would look like a zombie apocalypse or similar.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

A scenario where the two are equally stable would look like a zombie apocalypse or similar.

Dude. We already had that. It was called 2020.

[–] Sibshops@lemm.ee 11 points 3 weeks ago

LFG!!! SNP500 🚀 🌕 📈

Pamp it!

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

This is fine; I am fine with this

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Crypto is the new "Brooklyn Bridge". More snake oil anyone?

[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And I think with the advent of AI, the amount of energy crypto consumes is probably not as big of a deal anymore. Don't get me wrong, it's still an issue, I'm just saying in comparison to what AI will use it's probably negligible.

I guess that's the American way. Forget about your self-created problems with much larger self-created problems.

[–] epicstove@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

Not only that but proof of stake is a thing now. So not every crypto needs to have a nuclear plant worth of energy to be mined.

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

That was clear in 2020

[–] hark@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

It's even moving along with the ups and downs of the stock market lately. It's almost as if the same rat bastards got control of both.