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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: 1

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[–] Spiderwort@lemmy.dbzer0.com -5 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

No, modern sci-fi evolved over time like all the other complex stuff tends to.

Modern sci-fi is created by every fellow with a strange idea. Who thinks maybe I could get my idea across better if I framed it as a narrative and put it in scientific terms. because science is such a lovely language for talking about strange ideas.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

You know, you're both right.

modern sci-fi is indeed a collective thing that has evolved from its roots. The seed that grew into sci-fi was indeed Mary Shelley.

However, that depends on the term modern meaning something different from sci-fi as a whole, and when you cut off the start point of modern. If you count all science based fiction as modern, then Shelley is the defining origin.

[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee 4 points 13 hours ago

Mary Shelley's Frankentstein is noted to be the future sci-fi story. Mary at the time was dealing with grief of the death of her husband. That's all I'm saying