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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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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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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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[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 47 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If you're referring to "aluminium", Canadians don't use that. We use "aluminum" just like in the US.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ripcord@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Also both Americans and Canadians use all the other iums. It's only that one we don't do.

It knows why.

[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because they decided to name things -ium to sound alike later down the road, even if it’s etymologically incorrect.

If we used the original etymologically correct names for elements we would also say plumbum, ferrum, argentum, aurum, cuprum, stannum, and hydrargyrum for lead, iron, silver, gold, copper, tin, and mercury respectively. Which is why their element symbols are Pb, Fe, Ag, Au, Cu, Sn, and Hg.

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m pretty sure they say, “aluma-lum”

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We say alumi-num. Brits on the other hand say a-loo-min-ee-um.

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s alumalum

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it would be adamantium-a