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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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[–] Today@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's a negative years span?

Like 50 years BC = 50 years before Christ. Well, there's a negative span of years before you fused in to an individual.

[–] Alivrah@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think you could've worded that better, but even then, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense, since you don't exist before you're born, so "negative lifespan" is a weird thing to say.

But fun fact, genetically female babies develop all their egg cells while still inside the womb, so at some point the egg cell that became you was inside your grandma.

[–] leapingleopard@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

is that some sort of twisted your momma joke?

[–] Antilight@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

That or a convoluted “Yo dawg, we heard you like eggs”

[–] FizzlePopBerryTwist@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You do exist, but your existence is different. Your individuality doesn't exist. You are potential individuality.

[–] TheDubz87@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now that's just maddening the unhelpful.

You are the continuation of other cellular organisms' lives.

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

It took me more than a minute to figure out what you meant, but good point.

[–] dystop@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you live your life backwards, you split up in to two people.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago