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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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When I was a kid in the 80s, "computers will teach your kids in school" was one of those future utopia predictions. Now the thought of a computer teaching kids is horrifying to me. (lemmy.world)
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It was right there with flying cars and domed cities on the moon. That was part of the whole Disneyworld/OMNI Magazine promise about life in the year 2000.

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[โ€“] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I agree, but the only way humans grow is through experience, we just have to fight as hard as we can through this transition.

Once the boomers are finally out of our misery it might be a fair fight again.

[โ€“] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

  1. bold of you to presume that American democracy will last that long

  2. the kids have their own issues, including not knowing or being able to do much of anything, which is not entirely all or even mostly their own fault