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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: 1

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You have probably done it without even noticing. The modern world is clearly miraculous.

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[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 year ago

If you have nuclear or coal powerd electricity you'd be using boiling water to boil your water

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Some of my electricity comes from magic rocks. Hold them close together and they get hot enough to make steam. Take them apart and they cool off. Just don't hold them too close together or bad things happen.

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Where were you comrade Dyatlov ?

[–] myster0n@feddit.nl 14 points 1 year ago

And in the same way you can freeze water with steam.

[–] danielbln@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're also boiling water with gravity.

[–] mrbaby@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

And the gravity tank is filled using solar radiation.

[–] Chruesimuesi@feddit.ch 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And for the creation of this thought water was also involved; assuming this was indeed a showerthougt

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On top of the fact that OP himself is mostly just water.

[–] WhyAUsername_1@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I just peed myself laughing. Does that count ?

[–] 257m@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Sadly I wasn't actually in the shower when I thought of this :(. Would be cool though if I was.

[–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, I can't. I don't have a kettle, and my stove operates on gas.

[–] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't have a kettle

What sad, depraved lives Americans live

[–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not like we can't buy kettles if we want. I just have no use for one.

[–] Globulart@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just have no use for one.

What sad, depraved lives Americans live

[–] nexussapphire@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I own an electric kettle and I boil my water in the microwave!

(Watch this brit go insane over microwaved water.)

[–] Globulart@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry, I'm having trouble formulating a response with my entirely blown mind.

Scum, sub-human scum.

[–] nexussapphire@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Besides the kettle is only for hot chocolate! You fill it up, put swissmiss in it and turn it on!

[–] 257m@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

wtf? You bought a kettle for swiss miss. Heresy! Only tea should go in kettles, everybody knows that.

[–] nexussapphire@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Got it, I'll try putting Arnold Palmer half & half in it next time.

[–] MetricIsRight@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Considering where I live like 80% of our power generation is from hydro-electric dams, yep. I do this every day.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Canada?

Edit: Nvmd. Can't read instance domain lol.

[–] MetricIsRight@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, Western Canada.

[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could that be any wordier?

Try this:

You can boil water with water by using hydroelectricity to power your kettle.

[–] Globulart@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

You can excite water to the extent that it starts changing it's state of matter by employing a method of electricity generation which makes use of the subject we are trying to excite and subsequently powering a device which does the aforementioned excitement of water!

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't that really gravity though? Or is it the mass?

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Gravitational force is proportional to mass, so yes.

[–] VegaLyrae@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I never have been able to.

I used to be able to boil my water with electrons from a nuclear reactor.

Now that I moved, all my electrons get excited by high tech coal..... Oh...

You can also make light out of light by powering a lightbulb with solar energy, or create wind out of wind by powering a fan with electricity generated by wind turbines.

Just don't try to recreate nuclear energy at home, kids.

[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

could burn hydrogen into water to boil and create water at the same time