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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.

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If you get frozen for 10 years, your body will be lagging 10 years from your actual birth date, or we might need a new term altogether to represent biological age.

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[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 11 points 6 days ago (3 children)

If cryogenics ever really happens like that we'll start celebrating some form of rebirth day

[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Imagine being frozen for 50 years, you step out at the worst time in 50 and immediately ask to go back in...

Me "What year is it?"

Employee "Why, it's 2126. What'd'ya think, you like it?"

Me "But... why is everything on fire outside?"

Employee " haha 😅😅 funny you should ask, you see, this guy Trump was also froz--"

Me "throw me back in another 50 years please "

[–] devaly@ani.social 6 points 6 days ago

Hey guys, it's me. I have been 5 years without cryogenics and got a badge from Athawlic Anonymous.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

Happy thawday to you!

[–] stardreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Once you get frozen...

Sometimes you just gotta let it go...

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago
[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 6 days ago

Hey, an actual shower thought! Have my upvote!

[–] orenj@leminal.space 3 points 5 days ago

Chronoage vs. Bioage

[–] s@piefed.world 2 points 5 days ago

Due to time dilation, astronauts’ bodily age ends up being marginally less than their age according to the number of days passed on Earth.

[–] Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

The question is will they regulate it, or just price wall it? If you're wealthy and you could successfully freeze yourself for a decade, you'd make stupid amounts of money during that time frame just from interest and investments.

[–] iatenine@piefed.social 2 points 6 days ago

I'd think the latter as we don't really account for the fact some people age slower than others today

Certainly "adulthood" would be thought in a more binary sense than it already is though