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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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[–] tensorpudding@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Another fun tree fact I heard, the reason why coal exists was because trees existed on land for a long time before decomposers existed to digest their fibers. They just died and were buried intact. This actually caused a problem with sequestering so much CO2 that the earth went into an ice age.

[–] ElectricWaterfall@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Too bad we don’t have that problem now.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can still make coal, it just involves bogs hostile to decomposers these days

[–] ElectricWaterfall@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

I guess I meant the locking away co2 and ice age part.