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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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The stardust is a given. As for sunlight, all the energy including somewhat arguably geothermal (using the suns gravity to help form the earth and I guess radioactive material being formed by other stars) comes from the sun and gets converted into chemical energy you eat so you're stardust animated by sunlight (mainly).

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[–] Z745812939054@lemmy.zip 26 points 1 day ago (4 children)

also, the continuous path from our mouth to our butthole is a glorified twisty straw

[–] Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

A twisty straw made out of stardust where we excrete the leftovers from our sunlight (chemical energy) extraction.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Topologically, we're just meat donuts

[–] Z745812939054@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

great name for a grindcore/death metal band

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's why when doing high dives and such where you jump into water from a great height, you need to cross your legs and clench your asshole; if you hit the water wrong without doing so, you'll shoot water up your pooper and out your mouth. 😌

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Did you know that dogs cant look up?

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

A straw and very fine sieve