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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 most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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I was watching This Is England from 2006, and it reminded me of the olden days of yore, in the fabled before-times, where people would just bunch up together every Friday in someone's flat, get drunk, blast music, and talk without distractions.

I can barely remember it now.

Anyway, get off my synthetic lawn.

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[–] chunes@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

My friends and I would be glued to the N64 or xbox instead

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

"Nobody looked at their phones during a party in 1999"

Holds up picture of a LAN Party

[–] Doom@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 0 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

God I hope that's AI generated. The sheer load on those wires... maybe 20 machines could work off a 100A wire, but every other row there would need its own circuit and fuse.

Brownouts must have been plentiful and devastating

[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

AI generated? That's quakecon! I was there! We ran lots of wires. We had to bring in 2 18 wheeler sized generators plus the hotel's power. We really only had brownouts at QC 2000, I think it was. It's was just solving for numbers once we knew the metrics to hit.

Well, that and money, but id always stepped up.