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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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What We Do In The Shadows has a funny answer to this question.
It always felt unbelievable when an ancient vampire was super "with it". At best they'd be too shitty and un-self aware that their ego would remain basically intact over millennia, otherwise any immortal is facing an eternity of future shock, derealization, and complete dissociation.
The only way to really face eternity would to have such a disordered personality that the very idea of other people held no particular meaning.
I was thinking about that exact same thing today.
The material world's purpose is to get you out of your head. To force you to stop dreaming all the time and face something better.
Wealth and technology are ways around that of course. With wealth and technology we create an air-conditioned dream womb.