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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: 1

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[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm just glad the term "talkies" didn't catch on.

[–] livus@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You think that's bad, Lumiere's father in law wanted him to call the new invention "Domitor" instead of "Cinema".

[–] srecko@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or in alternate reallity: "You think that's bad, Lumiere wanted to call the new invention "Cinema" before his father in law reasoned with him to call it "Domitor"."

[–] livus@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

@srecko "so strange, imagine if we didn't have Domitoriums!"

[–] Pietson@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Idk that sounds kinda badass

[–] Sigmatics@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] livus@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

@Sigmatics a sort of squashed version from the Latin, "dominator". He thought it would dominate.

They ended up going with the Greek word "kínēma" which means movement, hence movie cameras were "cinematographs" - movement writers.

But they did call their first camera model Domitor. :)

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just wait for when "walkies" really take off with VR movies

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I see what you did there, but I would probably not recommend walking around while watching a movie in VR.