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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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Consciousness is often said to disappear in deep, dreamless sleep. We argue that this assumption is oversimplified. Unless dreamless sleep is defined as unconscious from the outset there are good empirical and theoretical reasons for saying that a range of different types of sleep experience, some of which are distinct from dreaming, can occur in all stages of sleep.

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[–] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Except the agonizing pain which precedes death

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Saying "you too" to the waiter after he says "enjoy your meal sir"

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it's death from too much anaesthesia (or, apparently, freezing), there is none.

[–] insomniac@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is there a way to actually know that?

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Is there a way to actually know anything?

[–] PixxlMan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm sure you could measure brain activity during death to know for sure (but idk under what conditions you'd be able to do that though). It doesn't really make any sense to me that dying, unless due to some painful external cause, would be painful though. Especially under anesthesia or similar.