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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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I always wondered why glados is fine, just saying because she's a potatoe doesn't sit with me because she recognised the paradox herself, so she must know what a paradox is and understand why it's dangerous for ai

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I think she was intelligent enough to temporarily shut down the portions of her brain that would be effected. At least that was my take.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always saw it as her just saying in her mind, "This. Statement. Is. False." thus just being some four individual one word sentences.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

That is plausible, but she saw the sign and read the paradoxes on the signboard - surely just seeing the paradoxes written on the sign would have caught her off guard. I guess it doesn't matter, they just wanted to do a funny moment and it was still good