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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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Watching TV shows or movies that display Russia as a military superpower is almost surreal nowadays. (lemmy.world)

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Was just watching Jack Ryan Season 3 and seeing the display of force and their movements causes some interesting dissonance given what we know now.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's also surreal (for a different reason), to hear lines like

Why attack Russia? Aren't they our friends now?

from Terminator 2.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

On the other hand, the Simpsons did a not-so-funny-now with this:

https://youtu.be/z77JFw2D6f8

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Still pretty funny.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Seeing more than one tank on the red square feels surreal now

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