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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:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Its kinda funny because yeah you can tell stem types because they just hate to say something is definite in either direction. Its like I would have bosses and its like 99% is best your going to get from me. 99% is your super definte locked in absolute. I mean its not because nothing is like that but for how you function yeah that is it. If I say 95% then its like its going to work fine and if not we might need to do some small things to deal with. Lower than that though I would give pause.
Many stem types have figured out that it's pretty much impossible to say anything with 100% certainty (even this statement). Which tend to go against what people like, which is definite answers that stay true in all times and places. Which is partly why the "well acshually" is such a meme.