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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. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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If time suddenly started going backwards, eating and using the restroom would suddenly get extremely awkward... (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago (2 children)

So, are we physically committed to our past actions, but mentally aware of the time reversal?

For example: When the change happens, will I stand up from my desk, walk backwards to the restroom and watch helplessly as I unzip my pants and watch the water from the toilet fly up into my dick?

That's frightening.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And as time goes on, you'll get younger and younger, until the doctor has to shove you into your mother..

You're welcome, I'll be here all week.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

As time goes by, you'll forget more and more, until you lose the ability to speak, object permanence, your mother's face, and the ability to focus your eyes - at all.

If there's any part of you that's aware of this process, it would be terrible. The worst part about having Alzheimer's, my father-in-law once told me, was being aware that he used to be more; that he couldn't remember things, but that he could remember once being able to remember them. I think it was a small blessing when he moved past that stage, and was merely angry and frightened at a world he just couldn't understand anymore.

Wait... what were we taking about? Reverse-birth? You know, many civilizations didn't consider children real people until they were a couple of years old. Before that, they were just dumb animals with some potential; perfectly legal to kill. An adult horse has more self-awareness than a 1 y/o. By the time the doctor's shoving you back where you came from, you're barely human anymore.

I can't wait to see the angry downvotes on this one.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's just it though, the doctors wouldn't be shoving you back where you came from, they'd just be shoving you where you belong. In a reverse time world, people initially come from the graveyard...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Good point, Mr(s) Reverse-Time-Lawyer!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Red Dwarf, “Backwards” (skip to 2m27s)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

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