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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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-bug fix: anxiety has been reduced by 50% -bug fix: memory has been buffed by 50% -bug fix: removed reoccurring memories of past failures

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 40 points 10 months ago (16 children)

You can, it's called therapy.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 29 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Which, like every mental health treatment, only works for a subset of people.

[–] pizzahoe@lemm.ee 25 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Most of my friends who have tried therapy just leave after a session or two and claim their problems have gone away, dodge further sessions and never actually gave it a real try. Then a week later they will go through the same issues again. It sucks to see them this way.. I've tried to help them to go to therapy consistently but very few actually do.

You can't solve 20 years worth of emotional issues in a few sessions.. it takes years of therapy to actually get better. Not to mention societal stigma against going to therapy makes it even harder.

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[–] minthenry@lemmy.one 25 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Bug fix: your tongue and cheeks no longer get bit by your own teeth while eating

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[–] StewartGilligan@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Patch Notes v2.0:

  • Fixed a bug where you would freak out for no reason. Anxiety levels now reduced by 50% - enjoy a smoother, calmer and more stable experience!

  • Upgraded memory capacity by 50%. Say goodbye to forgetting where you put your keys or that one relative who changed your diaper once. You're welcome!

  • Removed those pesky 'Remember that time you embarrassed yourself in front of everyone?' pop ups. Time to move on, folks! No more cringe-filled flashbacks from now on.

Stay tuned for more updates on the Human OS and also a huge thanks to our contributors.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Damn it, when are they going to add the 'sex drive is now equal to partner's' feature?!

[–] properlypurple@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You could always use monkey-patching

Drugs, I'm talking about drugs. 🫠

[–] ipha@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

What drugs? Asking for a friend.

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[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

-bug fix: enable vitamin c generation ability -bug fix: enable tooth enamel regeneration

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

-Empathy attribute improved by 50% -bug fix: some players' Empathy attribute was below baseline; these players have had their Empathy attribute reset to baseline.

[–] Hyzerflip@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely, one of the best ones yet. Thank you.

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[–] jetsetdorito@lemm.ee 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

patch out the bug that causes eyelashes to have a chance to fall into the eye

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[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago
  • adjusted responsibility level by 1000%
[–] tsukigva@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Oh yeah! finally fixed that anxie- Segmentation fault (core dumped)

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

The entire field of medicine : Am I a joke to you?

[–] spuncertv@iusearchlinux.fyi 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'd give my left nut for the allergy update.

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Particular human has too many nuts. Removed left nut and replaced with nut allergy.

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[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 14 points 10 months ago

They are the updates for your antivirus system.

[–] Zelyios@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

This is the meditation update that you're looking for

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 8 points 10 months ago (7 children)

No you don't. You want to learn how to properly run your hardware.

  • anxiety serves a purpose, forces your fight or flight response, develops survival instinct

  • memory is not meant to be heidetic as not everything is vital information; you want to remember what you had for lunch when you were 3 years old, on a tuesday, mid january?

  • failures are more important than successes; failure teaches you what does not work.

Run your hardware better. Have some therapy, try to sleep more/better and go for a daily walk.

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[–] Doorbook@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

-new bug: Due to forgetting of past failure, there is now reoccurring failures.

[–] PissinSelfNdriveway@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)
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[–] ipha@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just open source the code. Let me hack on it.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm afraid we lost the source code long ago, we've just been stochastically binary patching for a few billion years. At least there's a disassembler: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/genome/guide/human/

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[–] med@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

Sure, but you always download the latest bugs.

-known issue: audio skips every 10s

[–] Hexagon@feddit.it 6 points 10 months ago
  • bug fix: you can now go to a room without forgetting the reason you went there
  • bug fix: you can now produce your own vitamin C again
[–] Aielman15@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Fixed a bug where the human would sometimes procrastinate too much, saying "It's a problem of my future self".

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 8 points 10 months ago

Update later? [Y]

[–] Bad_Rats@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Eh, I'll put it on the back log

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'd be Windows. Constantly rebooting every five minutes

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] jhulten@infosec.pub 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

That's called drugs.

[–] Tolstoshev@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago
[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Can I get a perceived attractiveness buff plz

Also, combined sex and waste organs; awful idea.

Human babies need a buff, they're functionally useless for far too long. Other mammals can stand immediately.

Way too many incompatible preference traits. Cheese being delicious but also requiring to enslave another being for manufacturing, with a 50/50 chance it makes your asshole explode. Way too chaotic.

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[–] vagrantprodigy@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 4 points 10 months ago

No thanks, seen too many bad updates to want to let myself get bricked by a bad update.

[–] Arin@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

we only get firmware corruption as we age

[–] kicksystem@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

You can. I go on a 2 week Mahasi vipassana silent meditation retreat each year and each time the release notes make it worth the time and effort. Also like running defrag on a disk that has been defragged regurlarly, it runs smoother each time, making the whole experience much more pleasurable.

Release notes last retreat:

  • Fixed approval seeking issue due to lack of approval by clueless dad
  • Reduced day dreaming by 10% by recognizing mechanisms that lead to day dreaming
  • Optimized routines for dealing with tough situations
  • Increased mindfulness by eliminating several mechanisms that lead to mindlesness
  • Discovered access to high concentration states that likely will lead to more discoveries
  • Fixed loneliness issue due to missed update
  • Fixed part of a (self and others) judgement issue. More work on this issue needed.

The above is a pretty accurate representation of the results I got.

[–] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago
[–] darcy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

funny idea but this is where transhumanism starts

[–] BitOneZero@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

essentially that is what mythology has been for humanity. Too bad now we just let advertising borrow the techniques without education the population how it works.

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