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 most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. No politics
    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
  4. Posts must be original/unique
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Ultimately, every thought is intrusive (lemmy.zip)
submitted 1 day ago by silosong@lemmy.zip to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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We're not far from "have your AI call my AI" being a thing people say. (startrek.website)
submitted 1 day ago by IcedRaktajino@startrek.website to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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i.e. A worse version of "have your people call my people"

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In Ender's Game, Ender's brother became president of the world by violently posting in a web forum. I can't even remember the username in the last post I commented on... (feddit.cl)
submitted 1 day ago by fixmycode@feddit.cl to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Your thoughts are so powerful that if you imagine eating a lemon, your mouth will start salivating in preparation (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago by TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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AI coding assistants might not save wall-time, but they do save effort, in the same way that pressing the 'up' arrow ten times in a shell might let you avoid typing 'ls' (lemmy.ca)
submitted 4 days ago by xia@lemmy.ca to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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What one values determines what group one wants to belong to, and how much one values the group impacts how much of the group's values one adopts. (europe.pub)
submitted 3 days ago by LitanyVoid@europe.pub to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Its illegal in the USA to advocate for the violent overthrow of the government, yet its legal to own and carry weapons that is meant to facilitate such acts of rebellion... 🤔 (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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butterfly effect of modern geopolitics (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by laz@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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A bomb drops overseas, and a month later, an infant in a completely different hemisphere dies from a spike in gas prices.

​A 20% spike in gas prices feels like an annoyance to most of us, but mathematically, that 0.9% inflation bump translates to ~10 empty cribs and dozens of early funerals for the poorest families in 🇺🇸

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I wonder what bulding has the longest streak of always having an awake human in it is. The Pentagon? (lemmy.today)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by LodeMike@lemmy.today to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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[Voters]: Don't run. [Hamala Harris]: I'm gunna run. (lemmy.zip)
submitted 3 days ago by Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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If you ever get trapped in an alternate dimension, the first thing you should try to find is a history book (jlai.lu)
submitted 5 days ago by hylobates@jlai.lu to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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At least, you'll have an idea of what's going on in your new dimension

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In international adoptions, the adoptee eventually grows closer to their adoptive parents; In contrast, immigrant children grows further from their parents. (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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I mean... language and culture... not the actually underlying ability to love, but the "vibe" of the family dynamics...

Okay so I was reflecting on a bunch of stuff I read online...

So basically:

If:

American family adopts kid from China, at first the kid stuggle with English but then eventually learns it to communicate with family.

Meanwhile.

An immigrant family from China at first struggle with the outside world while being very close to parents (I mean they are the last part of the home of before, the outside world is all foreign)

Then as the kid grows up, learns more words and comcept in English...

But the vocabulary for Chinese never grows (for the most part)

Its basically the similar language attrition as the adoptee scenario (with a caveat of the language being slightly maintained through home usage), so they eventually drift away from Chinese to English...

But family still use Chinese...

So yea the language barrier eventually grows...

Meanwhile the adoptee scenario, the language barrier is eventually broken...

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The exciting part about getting old is going to bed and wondering which new body part will ache in the morning. (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 days ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Inside you there are two wolves. One is how much cops suck. The other is how funny it is to watch sovereign citizens get arrested. (lemmy.zip)
submitted 5 days ago by doomslang@lemmy.zip to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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When I was a kid, I remember hearing "Remember to wash behind your ears!" a lot on TV shows, and in movies. So, although, my parents never said that, I always washed behind my ears. (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago by DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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I haven't heard that phrase in any context since then. Do parents still say that to their kids?

Yes, this is a literal shower though I just had.

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Your stomach gets a new lining every few days so it doesn’t digest itself. Honestly, relatable self-control. (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago by Yournesss@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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If I shared a home with a 36' tall, 2-ton creature, I would be very careful to stay away from its feet while it walked (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by brown567@sh.itjust.works to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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So why do my cats dive in front of mine so frequently!?

Edit: 36 feet, not 36 inches XD

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Sharks existed before trees. Imagine being scared of something older than your entire concept of furniture (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago by Yournesss@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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If you're in public and a stranger pulls up their phone to film you, it's likely that you're doing either something very brave or very stupid. Possibly both. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 5 days ago by ZeroGravitas@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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I'd say that's a good moment to take a breath and check whether this applies before proceeding.

(This obviously doesn't apply for celebrities.)

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Negativity in social media is probably why some people prefer to talk to LLM bots (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 days ago by DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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One’s obligation to engage with someone disliked is set by what’s required by the relationships one values. (europe.pub)
submitted 5 days ago by LitanyVoid@europe.pub to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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We are unconscious when we sleep but conscious when we dream. (lemmy.ca)
submitted 5 days ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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life's like an MCQ. After three options, the fourth common one is "None of the above." (hear-me.social)
submitted 6 days ago by codewizard@hear-me.social to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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@showerthoughts life's like an MCQ. After three options, the fourth common one is "None of the above."

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Funny how people are outraged about AI “deception”… but we’ve normalized filters, makeup, and push-up bras for decades. (infosec.pub)
submitted 5 days ago by vikinghoarder@infosec.pub to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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It must be frustrating for someone to be born into a royal family but being unable to succeed the crown because they were the second child... or be the first child but they were female... (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago by DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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As a second child... I always felt like a "backup" plan to my parents lol

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