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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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In a thousand years, will historians regard today as the digital dark ages? (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 3 days ago by owenfromcanada to c/showerthoughts

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Considering the proliferation of AI-generated slop, as well as the lines between satire and reality being blurred, I wonder if future historians will have a harder time understanding what was really going on.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 days ago (8 children)

My oh my. Check out Mr. Optimist over here thinking that they'll be time to be "historians" in between scavenging for scraps and battling the nuclear mutants for the last bottle of fresh water at the bombed out Tesco.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Well la-dee-dah! Look at Mr. "I think humans will still exist in 1000 years" over here. Let's be real, we're on track to extinct ourselves in the next 200 years if we don't make some very difficult and dramatic changes to our behavior.

[–] ComicalMayhem 10 points 2 days ago (5 children)

200 years? lmao, look everyone, this guy thinks our planet will support human life for another 200 years. At best another 80.

[–] Anti_Iridium 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean, not to be captain optimist here, but human extinction is a bit far. Humans are extremely adaptable, even if they have to carve out a niche in the worst case hellscape they will survive.