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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Wouldn't it be funny if there ended up being a plastic-based life form and they wondered how they came to be... (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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...and they COULD NOT think of a natural process that could produce plastics in the environment in the amounts required to produce life?

Their science would never dream of how it happened.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Plastic is stored in the balls

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Grandparents had lead in the brain, I got plastic in my balls

Wonder what's next

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

Your kids will have death stored in their body.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

With our current handling of the planet, probably not much.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lithium

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

In which body part?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Left pinky toe's nail

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

finger in the arse

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I never tire of this gag