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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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If Askjeeves.com was invented today, chances are it would be a GPT Site. (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Instead of a less than useful search engine.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think there was actually a "darknet" version of altavista that was called Astalavista too. If you were sailing the high seas back then, or looking for the anarchists cookbook, for research purposes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Oh wow. A very housebound friend of mine read that, always talked about the floppy disk recipe - weedkiller on one side and sugar on the other, when the computer read it - Kaboom!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I remember reading it when I was maybe 14?

The floppy disk bomb stands out as a favourite. Back then I was reading it with zero intention of ever doing any of it, just curiosity. Thank Christ I’m not a Teenager today, would 100% be on a watch list for reading that shit now.