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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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Vaguely talking about unsanitary topics

Not even just for the obvious gorey stuff. Saw a video going over a case where someone's entire gut stopped working, and one of the options presented was surgically removing the blockage. Made me realize it's not just the obvious gross stuff that comes up.

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[–] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

From personal experience knowing someone who posted that stuff just to get a reaction out of people: he was beat by his dad (who then divorced his mom because she produced "that") and was severely bullied in high school. It's not an excuse, he just desperately wanted the world to feel as miserable as he did.

He showed me a video of someone being shot in the head once. Mind you, I'm the kind of person that breaks down when I accidentally run over an animal or hear a bird splat on a high-rise window. He thought it was okay to show me without my consent because the guy lived, but didn't understand that violence, pain, and disfigurement are just as traumatizing as death.

He diagnosed himself with Anti-social PD while taking a psychology class, take that however you wish

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

The one who sent me the hammer murder was normal. I don't know how he came across it, but I think he was in shock and pain and didn't know how else to process the emotions. I don't remember him being amused or excited, just kind of upset. I fully believe he was a good person then and believe he's still good, so of course I feel bad for him. I never sent it around, and I've never mentioned how it has stuck with me. But it makes me wonder about how such videos propogate across social media like that, going between healthy people, occasionally landing on someone who needs help, not a gateway to discovering the genre.

Humans are complex.