this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2026
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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:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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“All I got is one subcutaneous memory chip with a site license for Autodesk?”
HIRED!
The real bitch is the $100k a month subscription fees and required internet connection. If he loses signal, his kidney shuts down.
$6 million would be his annual subscription with tons of vendor lock-in. He could maybe save a bit if he agreed to ads on the bionic eye?
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
Six million medical debt? In 2026? That's like, four aspirin and an overnight stay.
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!?
End of support for his various prosthetics, he needs six millions more for the various upgrades.
Twist - he's just a normal American guy with some life-threatening & rare disease trying to get treatment.
My dad had an insulin pump and a pace maker, after those hospital bills he was the million dollar man.
If they build him, I hope they get rid of that noise he makes whenever he runs or jumps.
It'd be about $42 million, taking inflation into account. So at least a few more ram sticks.
LOL what RAM? He would just be a dude with a hip bone prosthesis and all his teeth replaced.
So... You have really strong Bluetooth? Right
Google Man+.
No need to spend $6,000,000 up front, there's a nice affordable monthly service fee. Just sign this ULA, some data will be collected from the body.
I dunno, prosthetics have only gotten cheaper and more advanced. $6M still buys some pretty top shelf tech.
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