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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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A 3d printer is basically just a really fancy hot glue gun (pawb.social)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Specifically the type of printer that prints using spools of plastic filament, but that seems like the most common type anyway

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Btw our heads are very slowly 3-D printing our hairs...

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just wait until you find out what your ass does.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Soft serve ice cream machine?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Only if you're a unicorn. https://youtu.be/YbYWhdLO43Q

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I hate you..../s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

s/ice/hot/g

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago

Also, our fingers are printing fingernails.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Maybe 2D is more accurate description.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Hair is three dimensional.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But the hair printer is not. It can’t make changes in third dimension.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

1D would actually be the most accurate, if we were going by movement.

[–] sus 1 points 10 months ago

So is printer paper and printer ink

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I think hair is a 1d printer process.