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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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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There are less than 1000 people who can claim to be on Earth for the second or more time. Everyone else is still on their first visit. (yiffit.net)
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[–] Spacebar@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No one has gone far enough from earth to not be influenced by its gravity. Therefore anyone who has jumped into the air has been off the earth.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nothing is far enough from Earth to not be influenced by it's gravity, since gravitational interaction has infinite range. Even though it weakens over distance, it never reaches zero

[–] nBodyProblem@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Technically correct but there is a reason why people talk about a body’s sphere of influence.