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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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If on average, a person eats 8 spider in their sleep per year and assuming that no one other than one person ever ate a spider in their sleep, someone eats 64 billion spiders in their sleep per year (programming.dev)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by RandomVideos@programming.dev to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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If they only swallow spiders that are 0.1 mg, they would consume 6400 tons of spiders every year

If they only consume spiders that are 175 g, they would swallow 11.2 billion tons of spiders every year

Edit: i know its a myth, thats why i said "if"

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[–] pleasejustdie@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago (2 children)

For one, the myth is that people swallow 8 spiders per year not per night.

Another, its a myth. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/swallow-spiders/

[–] KarsicKarl@kbin.social 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The myth goes deeper.
The story of Lisa Holst originating this myth as a spoof fact is also a myth.

Neither the supposed journalists, Lisa Holst, nor the magazine, PC Professional, exist.

The hunt is on for the earliest reference. Probably on a newsnet group.

https://www.snopes.com/lisa-birgit-holst/

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Usenet could potentially have the earliest online reference, but this myth could be ancient. Spiders and humans have always coexisted.

[–] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 12 points 9 months ago

8 per night? Good Lord no, it's 8 PER HOUR. They're literally lining up to jump into your mouth. Check your toothbrush for legs and silk. Usually a sore throat just means one bit you on the way down.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 9 months ago

Upvoted because this is one of the most unhinged shower thought posts I've seen, and I want some of whatever you're smoking

[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Lemmino did a very thorough video on this myth. I highly recommend checking it out.

I especially enjoy that the original authors name is an anagram that strikes me as too fitting to be a coincidence.

https://youtu.be/OjlKIjLWq-Y?si=nImo8Dk2wdmxUuVp

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[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

thanks lemmy for this beautiful shower thought :)

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

It’s spiders Georg!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiders_Georg

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

8 spiders in their sleep every night

every night

OP... the myth is every year.

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I misswrote the title. Everything else says every year

[–] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 1 points 9 months ago

You can edit titles on lemmy.

[–] uienia@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

And per year is also a lie. People don't swallow spiders in their sleep.