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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:

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. No politics
    • 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
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

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[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 26 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

you'd probably have to find several by different tyoes of people, to make sure you aren't reading a biased account :p

[–] batdad90@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Exactly, depending on the world/kingdom/government you’d find yourself in, the local history books may be propaganda.

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 hours ago

Hot take, but the propagandized version would likely be better, since your goal is to find out the present day conditions rather than actual history. What a government wants its citizens to think (and more importantly, how it expects them to behave) is probably more important than finding out actual details of history that early in your stay.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Even so, you may not have the real truth, but you'll know what you need to navigate the society you are currently in.

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 1 points 19 hours ago

Perhaps even written by Victoria.