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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.
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Edit: I've read all of your comments. I see now that you're right and man that's depressing.

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[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The biggest gambler i know is a VP in accounting. He has been since I met him right outside of college. If anything he does make a lot more reasonable bets and finds loopholes to make the best of his bets. The thing is he keeps a spreasheet for the year to track what he spends and honestly he is almost always ahead by a lot or sometimes break even or slightly under. I have never seen him actually lose so he is a terrible example of having a gambling addiction lol. We all say he is one of the luckiest people we know which also stems from the fact that when we play poker he will almost always hit the statistically low percentage card needed to win and it's frustrating to say the least.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Yeah, the biggest gambler I know is a rich as fuck dentist. He has his six digit gambling fund and he bets on the money markets. He generally makes good bets and is rarely in the red. Several people have asked him for advice and tried to "follow his system" and they all lost money so idk if he is really in the black. Still, gambling is against his religion and it's futures trading mostly so he thinks he's morally absolved or whatever. I don't really care as long as he holds for 30 days (I do his taxes and I have yelled at him about wash sales, though we were "arguing" about his gambling way before I started doing his taxes), I just think it's funny he is gambling and can't call it what it is.