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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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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Oh I do appreciate some sports, more particularly single player sports where the only one you're really challenging is yourself. I happen to enjoy BMX flatland, and have lots of respect for anyone that can participate, regardless of their skill level.
Other examples might be like tree or rock climbing, parkour, even ballet dancing. But when it comes to team sports, one team against another, I just don't get it. But it's cool, I get that many people enjoy watching team sports and all, but I don't see the joy unless you're actually participating, not just a mere spectator.
Anyways, weird side note, 'nuanced' isn't exactly part of my regular vocabulary, so forgive my ignorance as I had to look it up. I gathered the general definition to an extent, but what the hell does that have to do with peanuts?
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/nuanced
Edit: Is AI hallucinating the freaking Cambridge Dictionary?
Wow that definition is garbage, you weren't kidding. I would define the concept of "nuance" as the idea that not everything is black and white, and that there are often shades of gray in between.
For example, the question "is paper valuable?" depends a lot on the paper. Paper money, absolutely. Blank printer paper, yes but very much less so. Scrap paper that is rotting, almost certainly not.
As a result, the answer to the question "is paper valuable?" is much more nuanced than a simple "yes" or "no" answer can provide.
In team sports, I suspect the dynamics between different players, and their inventiveness to outperform the opposing team, is what creates an interesting match; it's quite strategic really. Team sports I enjoy most are: ice hockey (got to love the obnoxious truck horns and organ music haha), curling (the weird sport with the brooms: which affect the trajectory and placement quite a bit), doubles tennis (especially when front players duel intensively and the back players providing support).
If Alice argues all should be black, and Bob argues all should be white, Carol may add further context to the argument: creating a grey area if you will. In this case: Alice could argue all team sports suck, Bob could argue all team sports are great, and Carol may argue things are bit more "nuanced" than that: taking into consideration, both her interest in curling and her aversion to narcissistic soccer players, dropping themselves to the floor; like every 10 minutes.