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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Because of smartphones, pocket TVs were never a thing. (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As a kid I imagined the future as being able to hold a TV in your pocket, and flying skateboards. For the latter I guess electric scooters will have to do

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely! (Same as playing a regular game on a Game Gear.)

I had both an AC adapter and a 12VDC car adapter for mine. Without those (considering the sorry state of rechargeables back then), the cost of batteries would've made actually using the damn thing untenable.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Look, I tried, and failed, to come up with a joke involving bonking something on the head, but they all got too wordy.

That thing was heavy as hell, especially with all those batteries.