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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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With circular motion, you can spin threads, mill grain, move a wheel forward, drill holes, bring water upwards, generate electricity spinning turbines, create gravity, defeat gravity. It's just too OP

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[–] bryndos@fedia.io 2 points 19 minutes ago

centrifugal force xkcd

[–] plc@feddit.dk 2 points 33 minutes ago (1 children)

ITT: OP reinvents the wheel.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 9 minutes ago

For my next trick, I shall reinvent fire

I will say conservation of angular momentum really feels like a cheat code sometimes. “This thing can’t be tipped because it’s spinning too fast”

[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 20 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Also upgrade uranium to weapons grade.

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

Nah thats not real. Most uranium enrichment involves turning it into a gas then doing diffusion.

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 13 points 2 hours ago

Add a cam or rack and pinion and oh baby you got a stew goin.

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

As an old-school Zangief main, I concur.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 hour ago

curses in D-pad

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

An engine lathe is one of the only standalone machine tools that is capable of recreating itself in its entirety.

And not only can it recreate itself, with the correct tooling setup it can recreate itself in a more precise, accurate manner than it itself is built.

[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 12 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Wait'll you hear about levers, wedges, incline planes, and screws!

(Websearch simple machines)

[–] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 2 points 44 minutes ago

I think this is the first time I've seen someone make a contraction out of "till."

[–] Klear@piefed.world 6 points 2 hours ago

It can be vicious tho

[–] thenextguy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

OP?

Original Poster?
Old People?
...

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 59 minutes ago

Objectively Phantastic

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] thenextguy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 hours ago

Oblate sPhereoid

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Overeducated Pinhead?