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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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    • 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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[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 62 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Disagree, heavy snow as an adult is still awesome. I almost never experience it anymore...

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

Eh, power plant operator here, no matter how bad the blizzard is I have to drive through it and get to work. Then clear and shovel stuff at work before going home to do more of the same after a 12 hour shift. I get that I chose this but it really takes the fun out of it.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Ah yeah that sucks. I'm an industrial engineer and routinely days of heavy snow have been "show up to work an hour or two late because of the snow, get sent home with pay after an hour because nobody showed up and the power is about to go out"

[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I humbly invite you to come experience my driveway, sidewalk and walk way as well as the part of the street the plows won't touch for some fucking reason.

[–] MohamedMoney@feddit.org 13 points 2 days ago

When’s the meet up? I’ll bring cocoa and rum

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And that is why you think it is awesome.

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I've experienced it. Loved it. Good infrastructure also helps, we have communal services that clear the roads and bicycle paths and salt it. For walking I just use boots with good profile; if there's ice, I use the ones with spikes.

[–] essell@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Same for me here. I work from home these days, so for me it's just a treat.

[–] SlippiHUD@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

The mountains call to me when it snows