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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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  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. No politics
    • 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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But the flipside of focus is a vast blindness. You can't have one without the other. Which might explain a lot. It's a strong argument for widespread use of drugs like weed and shrooms.

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[–] matsdis@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You don't focus blindly on your feet and invent stuff. You watch someone else do things and you copy what they do. You are standing on a very large pyramid of hobbits. The big brain is mainly to remember what everyone else has figured out years ago.

You can have many shower thoughts, and most of them will not work out. But don't stop having them, because eventually you will stumble upon something of value. Then you get to tell your grand-children, and they will listen and copy what you did.

[–] presoak@lazysoci.al 2 points 2 days ago

Oh right back at you