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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.

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[–] Swaus01@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

I think that would be a good idea. People clearly prefer to learn the news differently tk how they used to. You might say it's gone through 3 stages

  • Newspapers
  • Radio and Television introduced, Newspapers still popular
  • Internet makes Twitter/Reddit a more efficient way to locqte articles, and people don't need to tune in tk scheduled news when they have YouTube videos, for instance.

One of my favourite news sources right now is TLDR news. ,aybe stuff like the BBC needs to get their programming more in-line with this, allowing people to select the stories they listen to qnd thus spend less time watching/ listening to the news.