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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.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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    • 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
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[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Religion is proto science to try make sense of life, the universe and everything.

There's religion and religion, belief and belief. "Natural philosophy" and religions that addressed the natural world through simple myths (thunder means Zeus is mad and we gotta sacrifice a cow, idk) were certainly a thing, but Judaism and Islam, for instance, talk about what lies beyond the veil, Jesus' "unseen", and has nothing to do with the material world. Science and monotheism are not superimposed, science is about anything you can actually have evidence for.

[–] presoak@lazysoci.al -1 points 1 day ago

In theory there's actual observations in there somewhere. It isn't all just secondhand stories.