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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 most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

A modern dystopian version would involve him having incurred the six million dollar debt for the costs of rebuilding him, with each episode being him taking on some kind of risky job to help pay part of it off. The finale would reveal that the sinister megacorp has no intention of letting him walk away with his bionics debt-free and set up the classic sort of action-movie confrontation

[–] forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 7 points 1 week ago

Six million medical debt? In 2026? That's like, four aspirin and an overnight stay.

[–] rabidhamster@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Kinda where the Venture Bros went with their 6 Million Dollar Man spoof.

That's what everyone was meant to think, though I was barely alive after my test ship broke up, but the army saved me. They spent six million dollars to give me all new bionic parts. Made me stronger, better, faster than I was. Then you know what they did? They put me to work! They expected me to pay it all back! Do you have any idea how long six million bucks takes to pay off on a government salary!?

[–] Frenchgeek@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

End of support for his various prosthetics, he needs six millions more for the various upgrades.