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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.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- 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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Apparently you don’t believe in an infinitely forking universe.
See also: Rick and Morty
I do, I just find many-worlds to be lazy as hell. It's for people unwilling to think and reconcile contradictions. It's a story device where literally nothing matters
Yet Rick still decided not to do a fresh restart every time things went to hell. Something deep inside still masters to him. Consequences may not be very real or tangible, but your decisions are very real to you. What kind of person do you become as a result of your decisions matters to you personally.
Using MWI in a story makes things more complicated and nuanced. Using linear time and paradoxes makes the story more approachable.
Him not doing a fresh restart as a way of character building is great.... up until the point that he does do a fresh restart. It's a Deus Ex level trump card that he can play at any point, and we the audience cannot pretend it doesn't exist, because it's already been established. As a result, no matter his growth, we know that he's never actually up against the wall.
If he actions himself into a corner, he does not need to think a way out. He can just jump. And he does.