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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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The reason why we never meet time travelers is because our civilization ends before the technology can come to fruition. (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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Sort of similar to the Great Filter theory, but applied to time travel technology.

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[–] Gigan@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Or it's because we don't have time machines yet. It's like making a phone call when you have the only phone in existence.

[–] Knuk@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Imagine creating the first functional time machine only to have a shitton of time travelling tourists appear in it the second you turn it on

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