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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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Big Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would have (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Meta Platforms. X Corp. tell me those aren't straight from a strangely prescient cyberpunk classic

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

Don't forget the conglomerate names:

Microsoft-Activision-Blizzard

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Shinra-Mishima-Zaibatsu

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

Wayland-Yutani

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

"Well, there was a bit of a stir when it was decided that since corporations are people, they could technically run for president. But President Walt Disney-Pepsi-Comcast has done wonders for the economy... given that it's... now the economy"

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

Don't blame me I voted for Tim Apple

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

I used to call it ActiBlizz. What am I supposed to do now?

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

MS ActiBlizz sounds like the next addition to MS Office but they already renamed it to "Microsoft 365"