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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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The reason why we never meet time travelers is because our civilization ends before the technology can come to fruition. (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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Sort of similar to the Great Filter theory, but applied to time travel technology.

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can use the cosmic microwave background as a universal reference frame. Relative to that we move at about 370 km/s, depending on the time of the year.

[–] horseloaf@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Now I'm hurting my head by thinking about traveling faster than 370 km/s in the opposite direction to Earth...

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 points 5 months ago

For reference: Voyager 1 is traveling at 17 km/s away from the sun. The Parker Solar Probe should reach 191 km/s but will be flying towards the sun.