this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2026
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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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[–] Arcanoloth@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

We certainly like to think that we like thinking; Whether we actually do is a matter of debate.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think you overthought that one.

[–] presoak@lazysoci.al 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I think we enter the thought-universe at night when we dream. Still tethered to our flesh, but only partially. And when we die the tether is cut, we drift into large strange places and dream for a million years (if time is even a thing there)

But ya, we invaded this world through incarnation in bigbrained apes. Then forgot why we came.

(A brain, or the thoughts in it, is a pretty good physical simulation of our native land)

[–] Hackworth@piefed.ca 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Anthropologist William Stanner said that the Dreaming was best understood by non-Aboriginal people as "a complex of meanings".

Something almost Platonic.

[–] SparrowHawk@feddit.it 2 points 1 day ago

Fuck yeah!

Idk about the alien part though but it sounds like a decent premise for a sci-fi novel. ✌️

[–] morto@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

It's because thinking is much easier and less demanding than doing the things we think about doing ╥﹏╥