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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
  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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[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have to ask:

"Reruns of the News"... ???

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's a thing here, they'll rerun the 10pm news at 1am. 🤷

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 days ago

Ok, when thinking way back, they might have done something similar here 30 years ago or so.
Don't think it is a thing today anymore.
But I have not been watching linear TV since the mid-00s anymore though, so may be mistaken...

[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

My wife likes to listen to podcasts.

And often I find that the podcasts she listens to are about things that I'd followed closely in the news weeks, months, sometimes years before (we just have some different interests, she's actually probably the bigger news junkie than I am)

But so I've taken to calling her podcasts "late news" because she's getting that news later than I did.

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

Pastnews might be a more marketable name.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Reruns must always contain a large block of text before the rerun begins, And it must say, "Previously, on The News..."

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Ours just says "Previously Recorded", but yeah.

[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 2 points 3 days ago

opens fridge

“Hey how long have these reports on the economy been sitting here?”

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

Oh boy. The news is on.

Aw shucks. It’s a rerun.

Well, at lease this was a good episode.

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

What reruns? I've never seen reruns.

[–] tensor_nightly69@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

"It's not news, it's olds, bong"

[–] notabot@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago

The first time they rerun a storys it should be referenced as a "new olds" or "new old news", the secon time as "old new olds", and so on.