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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:

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They would fit together perfectly, but they can never be joined.

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[–] meekah@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

~~only if one of them manages to flip in the third dimension, which shouldn't be possible in a two dimensional world. everything else will be able to be solved by translations and rotations (assuming there is enough room to move around)~~

edit: oh, I get it now. they wouldn't be able to snap together because the noses are thicker than the holes they need to get into. duh

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Thank you. I also didn't follow.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Finally, some good shower thoughts

[–] sircac@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well, if material is flexible enough they could…

[–] sxan@midwest.social 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

I thought you meant, like bendable. Then I realized, you meant, like a buttplug.

[–] plc@feddit.dk 6 points 2 days ago

Being a 3-dimensional being I was only able to make sense of this by imagining what a 3D puzzle piece would look like.

This is of course a lie to make myself sound clever.. it was the buttplug analogy that made it all snap into place for me.

Wh...why is there lube on my puzzle? ಠ_ಠ

[–] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Do 4D beings have 3D puzzles that would have the same issue for us? 🤔

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Imagine how awful surgery must seem to them. It would be so easy for them to remove a tumor or ruptured pancreas, but for us it involves basically butchery.

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

If a four dimensional world exists, and if there are intelligent beings there, I would imagine so, yes.

[–] Anamnesis@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Every four dimensional puzzle is a time worm of puzzle pieces in a box and a fully assembled puzzle and everything in between.

[–] judgyweevil@feddit.it 2 points 2 days ago

They would have to cut an extremity in three pieces, slide them inside the other puzzle piece, and glue everything up