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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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What do you mean "will be"?
We're already there.
Gestapo agents go door to door
Police patrol the schools
Your every movement is recorded and tracked
Your devices and your wifi can and are used to record your surroundings and identify people with a degree of accuracy that would give kaczynski an aneurism.
Your every keystroke and page view is stored, monitored and indexed by companies under the guise of 'legitimate interest'
Any comments that are deemed negative about technology, 'AI' and the actions of the state are monitored and catalogued
'AI' systems are already being used to target people with drone strikes
...And yet we all stand here talking as if these things are from some sci fi dystopian future
Yeah, the bear trap has already sprung. The people haven't realized it because they haven't tried to pull their leg free yet.
I honestly didn't mean to doom post so early in the day. It started as a pithy one-liner and snowballed the more I thought about it.
It's really not looking good, is it.
Apologies for 'yes, and'-ing your thoughts into worse ones, but at least you're not the only one noticing these things