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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.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. No politics
    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

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[–] nomecks@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 hour ago
[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fight fire with more fire!!!

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Make the fire so big it consumes all the fuel and oxygen so it can no longer burn. Works every time.

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 3 points 21 hours ago

This guy gets it!

[–] Kurtagag@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The first of starting fires is, there is no starting fires!

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Fine, more weed for me..

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Depends on why you're starting the fire.

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

Distraction from another fire I started some time ago.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

Too bad you didn't read this post some time ago. Would have saved you a lot of trouble and fires.

[–] listless@lemmy.cringecollective.io 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

we didn't light it but we're trying to fight it

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

stops pouring gasoline

We're what now?

oh hey lookit the sorcerer's apprentice over here...

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

previous post i just read was about US not having a plan for Iran...

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Oof, damn, you're not wrong.

I loathe and despise war, I'm all about peace.

My comment comes from my experience burning out fire ant beds.

But damn, you speak truth..

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm all about peace

the ants disagree

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago
[–] railway692@piefed.zip 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would've figured they were immune to fire, given their name.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

They are, that's why I ended up trying other things..

Put it this way, ant bed went pop, and they never came back.

[–] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

I literally thought it was a reference to US-Iran but it's a legit showerthought.

[–] 11111one11111@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Id say the first rule is know how to start it because you dont have to know how to put it out if you dont know how to start it. Lincoln log that shit.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

My thought actually came from diesel engine repair education. If you're ever working on a diesel, it's more important to know how to shut it off than it is to get it running..

[–] 11111one11111@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

No shit i started in cnc machining. Irrelevant but wanna ask because its crissed my mind before, how hard is it to learn as a trade? Ive seen local tractor/agg suppliers qlmost constantly looking and im able to tear down and rebuild mazaks and feel like diesel engine repair wouldnt be any more difficult than that. Would it be something a place would do as on the job training or is this something that needs to be trained at a cert school/trade school?

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago* (last edited 1 minute ago)

Ultimately it shouldn't be significantly any more difficult than servicing or rebuilding any other engine, but with diesels, there's a huge safety factor to consider, called diesel engine runaway.

Diesel doesn't use spark plugs, so there are conditions where if everything isn't running right, you can't shut the engine down, and it could ultimately either explode, or drive away uncontrolled if still in gear.

So, lesson number one of working on a diesel is to know how to shut it off in an emergency. Since it doesn't use spark plugs, then turning the key off is no guarantee that the engine will stop. You have to know how to either stop the fuel supply, or starve the air intake, in an emergency, when the vehicle might even be in motion..

[–] cosmictrickster@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Similar to a lot of my work - don’t do what you can’t undo. Write the rollback scripts at the same time as or before the implementation scripts.