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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: 1

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[–] EvilLootbox 27 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Anyone remember that offline Wikipedia reader that had the whole text of English wiki on it? I always thought it was neat.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiReader

[–] 9point6 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You can still download an archive of Wikipedia today, and it's smaller than you'd expect

[–] essell 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

How big do I expect it to be?

[–] 9point6 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago
[–] beebarfbadger 11 points 11 months ago

At least twelve megabytes. Probably even more.

[–] ripcord 1 points 11 months ago

I downloaded one recently for when I was going to be offline for a whole week. It worked amazingly well!

[–] the_grass_trainer 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

Microsoft Encarta 98

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Nowadays there's Kiwix

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://m.piped.video/watch?v=1lRI35gKSPA

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.