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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:

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)

This is a effect called "Frequency illusion"

The frequency illusion (also known as the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon) is a cognitive bias in which a person notices a specific concept, word, or product more frequently after recently becoming aware of it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

No, it's because it stay in cache, and when the simulation is overloaded, it directly takes an asset already resident in cache instead of loading a new one. Like the car in GTA3: https://x.com/ObbeVermeij/status/1790730197286752530?ref=libertycity.net

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

I'm aware of the illusion, but very few topics feel as meta as this one

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Like when you buy a car you think you’ve not seen many of and suddenly you see them everywhere

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah it’s also like when you buy a car you think you’ve not seen many of and suddenly you see them everywhere

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

I noticed too that when I bought my car, I started seeing a lot of them in my area. It's probably the same phenomenon.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago (4 children)

That movie has the best fight scene, just two dudes fighting over a pair of glasses, no flashy bullshit, just a good old fight.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago

Fun fact: the infamous "cripple fight" from South Park is a shot-for-shot remake of the fight scene from They Live

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

its a real time fight, watch it again and notice how long the cuts are and how long the scene is

it is a true masterpiece and all because the main actor could stage a fight

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

If memory serves me right, Roddy piper fought to keep it like that, the director wasn't sure untill he watched it and left it as is.

You should always trust someone like Rowdy Roddy Piper when it comes to choreographing a fight.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I saw it for the first time a few years ago and was crying tears of laughter. It's absolutely brilliant.

[–] werty 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

All movie fights are somewhat homoerotic, I thought that's why people liked them, hell that's why I like them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

It doesnt even have to be a fight, 1980's moves loved the somewhat homoerotic joke

THOSE AREN'T PILLOWS!!!!

[–] ThanksObama 21 points 1 day ago

Now go watch the "cripple fight" episode of South Park for a fun treat!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Obey! Consume!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

I felt that way about watching the human centipede which I did by total accident. It is constantly being referenced and I would never have understood any of it. I literally heard a refence to it in the past couple of days.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Listened to Kraftwerk's "Autobahn" today for the first time to a very similar effect. Can't say I listened to the whole thing, though, considering it's a 22 minute piece ...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Thanks, it's stuck in my head now.

Wir fahr-fahr-fahr'n auf der Autobahn ...

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

Rowdy Roddy Piper was great in that movie!