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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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Good job, dumbass.

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[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 68 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

He's also shit all over Grok

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

I grok you, but nobody groks them, as they’re incomprehensible and incompetent.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Elon could have benefited from having the right people around him.

It seems like a million years ago, but he used to troll the Right by noting how popular Tesla was with LGBTQ community.

He's losing money, but he still has plenty. If he had the right people in his ear, he could really powerfuck the Trump regime.

If he played his cards right, he'd probably make a fuckton of money doing so.

[–] TehWorld@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

I’m not so sure about that. Elon already walked back his attacks on Trump, and the Democrats won’t take him in after the Nazi salute and having him turn to trump in the first place means that he can’t be trusted.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Elon could have benefited from having the right people around him.

He's had too many Right people around him.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Your wordplay pleases me.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What if I were to tell you that the Tesla love that splooged all over Reddit was the product of his PR team in the first place?

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

I've always suspected he bombarded the wallstreetbets threads with bullish sentiment as well.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hey at least we eloctrocuted an elephant!

:(

[–] Stubb@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Electrocuting elephants has gone out of fashion, now it's killing monkeys with brain implants.

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

Shit, after the first episode of the newest Black Mirror season, I would very much prefer no implants in my brain.

[–] hakase@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] Klear@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not sure if the video you linked addresses is but I want to add that the whole Edison vs Tesla internet thing was started a The Oatmeal comic, which was packed with inaccuracies, exaggerations and outright lies.

[–] turmacar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Popularized definitely, he was working off an at the time recent pop history book about Tesla.

Tesla's been the subject of a lot of weird counter-cultural co-opting since his death. Kinda like Che but for electricity instead of marxism.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Do people associate the car with Nikola? I've never really conflated the two. Though the bitter irony of the modern day Edison abusing the name is not lost on me.

[–] sugarfoot00@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I enjoy the fuck out of him being trolled by the Canadian electric truck manufacturer Edison Motors as well.

[–] TownhouseGloryHole@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

And their prototype "Topsy"!

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

Before the cars became popular, yes, now when you say Tesla, people think cars.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 5 points 2 weeks ago

funnily enough there was also a car brand named Nikola. they turned out to be a huge scam.

[–] aeharding@vger.social 12 points 2 weeks ago

So fuck your tunnels, fuck your cars, fuck your rockets, fuck your cars again
You promised you'd be Tesla, but you're just another Edison
'Cause Tesla broke a patent, all you ever broke were hearts
I can't believe you tore humanity apart
With the very same machines that could have been our brand new start

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpxT9TLGoLI

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

I bet Elon would look up to Edison and how he was able to fool history about being a genius.

[–] roserose56@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

No one cares IMO and I don't even feel pity for him.