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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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[–] Goretantath@lemmy.world 14 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

People keep saying that ads are to get the brand into my head, but they dont realise thats a bad thing for the company. I specificly buy brands i DONT see ads for because i believe if they arent spending money on ads but are still being sold in storesz they must be spending that money on bettering the product instead.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Sadly, you're not the norm. Getting the brand into peoples' heads actually works in most cases, which is why they keep doing it.

[–] fubbernuckin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 58 minutes ago* (last edited 57 minutes ago) (1 children)

It's insane to me how little thought people put into things in their daily lives, because you're right. So many people see a thing and they're like "Oh, I see the thing. I'll do the thing. Coke flavored mouthwash on my TV? Yeah, let's do coke flavored mouthwash." Literally just the first unfiltered, uncritical reaction they feel.

I had someone the other day tell me they didn't want to use Firefox because when they did it gave them a bunch of security issues. The security issues in question were the browser asking them if they wanted to let different websites know their location, have access to webcam, etc.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 minutes ago

I don't want to stray into XKCD territory, but it does seem like people in general tend to be less...conscientious about such things than I. However, I'm oblivious about plenty of things myself that others are more aware of, so I guess it's just how different priorities work.