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One of the best parts of Cyberpunk (as a theme) is the ubiquitisation of cultures
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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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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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That's a very fair point, and I agree that cultural dynamics aren't uniform. However, the largest beacons/propagators of culture which exist have demonstrated this tendency to run the tender bits through a blender together, then spray it out indiscriminately, because it's making them money. And, from a functional perspective, it is an effective means of doing so, because we mass-consume Content nowadays.
Honestly, this is a bit paradoxical on my end, which is why I may have expressed myself abstractly - I tend to prefer flexibility over specialisation, but this is one aspect in which I see more value in specialisation rather than flexibility. Basically, I think we're losing repositories of undiluted culture over time, and I guess I'm just really scared of plastic...