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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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It's crazy that a 60 ton metal airplane can just fly (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago by Buttflapper@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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I flew for the first time on a plane last week and I've seen planes take off at the airport. It looks crazy. But being on one is totally different like holy shit. The thing just FLIES. It just.... Soars... Through the sky! Like whoa man. Wtf... It's crazy. With how much these things weigh, it's insane to me the thing can just go up and bam, there we are, we're flying now. Like wow... Dude crazy.

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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 64 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (9 children)

I hate that everybody's like, it's not that big a deal.

We only started doing it 124 years ago! Prior to that it was a very big deal indeed.

Everyone's so fucking smart these days, there's no room for a sense of wonder. It's like being blasé and knowledgeable is cool. It's really not.

You keep flying with your beautiful sense of wonder, Buttflapper!

[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Well fucking said. Smoke noodles rarely have room for curiosity, which is where new things often come from.

Edit: Not sure how smarmy know-it-alls became that, but I'm not changing it now

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I'm pretty sure i can't trust Arthur Vandelay, they are the kind of people that would pass off something they did as if it wasnt intentional

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