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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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 26 points 6 months ago (3 children)

To be fair, we only know where Bluetooth is useful because we put it in a lot of places where it wasn't useful

[–] exanime@lemmy.today 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Trial and error isn't the only way to optimize things... It's actually one of the worst, the one you use when you have no clue how to proceed

So no, that is not a justification for having done it or continue to do it

Now I wonder if substituting the sugar in my coffee with arsenic would render a delicious new beverage.... Only one way to find out!

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Maybe not arsenic, but lead should work.

[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm not talking about trial and error, I'm talking about throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks.

There might be good ideas out there that no one could think of until they accidentally get invented

[–] exanime@lemmy.today 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm not talking about trial and error, I'm talking about throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks.

Is that not trial and error?

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 6 months ago

It’s kind of… the only way tho

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 6 points 6 months ago
[–] CodingCarpenter@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago