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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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[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You can't just put psychoactive, mentally altering substances with beliefs in the same semantic box because you feel like it. The first one is material, chemical, whilst the second is immaterial, ideological, and their effects are very different.

[–] presoak@lazysoci.al -3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'm not putting drugs with beliefs. I'm putting drugs with methods like prayer and meditation

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mmm, fair enough... Still, not the same, and they require different mental states to even approach them that require beliefs, while doing drugs just requires recklessness and curiosity.

[–] presoak@lazysoci.al 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Be that as it may, in this particular way they are similar. Drugs, meditation, prayer and maybe a couple other things are the only things that deliver this altered seeing. And given that they are unique that way, I'd say that's a pretty good reason to put them in the same box

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mmm. I don't think prayer can give you any altered seeing and I'm a religious man who prays often. I won't speak for meditation cause I don't do that but I doubt it can either. Now, shrooms? Shrooms can alter your sight, lol.

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

I've done a fair bit of prayer and meditation and ya, it can. And I've read similar reported by others. And I've done shrooms too. So there you go.