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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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Wouldn't it be funny if there ended up being a plastic-based life form and they wondered how they came to be... (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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...and they COULD NOT think of a natural process that could produce plastics in the environment in the amounts required to produce life?

Their science would never dream of how it happened.

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[–] cmbabul 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I got started on the original season of ICHH, realized I had been reading Robert’s work at cracked for years, and then mainlined all the BTB episodes. I like all their content but recently I’ve really enjoyed Ed Zitrons Better Offline.

I also really love the cousin shows like Some More News and Knowledge Fight.

[–] anon6789 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I checked out BtB due to constant weird if mouth on Reddit and immediately enjoyed Robert's personality. There were also a lot of Cody and Paul F. Tompkins episodes at the time, and I was also already a fan of them, so that helped as well.

I so want to like Some More News, but it feels to doomy to me and Cody's stage persona is a bit much for me, so I enjoy him better as regular Cody on BtB more.

I also feel the more before I was born stuff that BtB usually focuses on us easier for me to deal with as most of the people are long dead and gone, so it feels more like entertainment. For more current things, I try to stick to "legitimate news" instead of things designed more for entertainment. ICHH is an exception because it covers a lot mainstream news wouldn't touch, and it does it pretty calmly and treats it with seriousness moreso than trying to make it into some kind of bit. Plus they often mention ways to participate or to at least try and help with some of the things. I feel the topics are things important to know, and aren't just things that make me depressed about the whole world.

Hood Politics with Prop is probably the next one I may allow myself to get into.

[–] cmbabul 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

If you like regular Cody you should check out Even More News, which is Cody and Katy’s podcast without the gimmick. I like both although I do concede it’s a bit dark, I tend to prefer leaning into that myself but thats just preference. Had a crush on Katy for years

Edit: and Prop is fucking awesome

[–] anon6789 2 points 7 months ago

You are truly a person with great taste! 😁

I'll have to check out Even More News.