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.

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My generation was probably the last one to get told "You won't have a calculator in your pocket all the time" by our math teachers. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 1 day ago

I have specific memories of multiple math teachers telling me this from elementary school through high school

...and I have specific memories of the Fruit of the Loom stuff we were wearing at school featuring a cornucopia...

Memories are not static and unswayable.

And with some cognitive social feedback the memory transformation from "You will not be able to use calculators in every situation" to the common-identity-establishing "You will not have calculators in your pockets all the time" is a minor one.

That's exactly the point I am trying to make.
It is a classical candidate for Mandela Effect in action, but other than the sweatshirt logo probably not possible to prove one or the other way, although I have the feeling evidence points somewhat in the direction of a likely "false" memory.

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