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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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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnatio_memoriae

Damnatio memoriae is a modern Latin phrase meaning "condemnation of memory" or "damnation of memory", indicating that a person is to be excluded from official accounts, or remembered after death in a way contrary to what that person may have desired. There are and have been many routes to damnatio memoriae including the destruction of depictions, the removal of names from inscriptions and documents, and even large-scale rewritings of history.

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

Maybe we just shift all the plaques.

Last week I had a really vivid dream in which I was using the Donald Trump Memorial Toilet. He wasn't dead in the dream, but I felt like I was sending him a strong hint.

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

Instead of erasing that twit's name from everything, why don't we just tuck all the reminders of him into a set of warehouses down some little used side-street. We could call it 'Damnation Alley'...

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

How could anything be a modern Latin phrase? Isn't Latin considered ancient?

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The language is ancient, but, since it has continued to be used long past its ancient origin, words and phrases have been coined in later periods for various purposes.

Also, the “early modern” era is roughly considered the period between the Middle Ages and the Industrial Revolution.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Time is weird

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago

Latin neologisms still pop up here and there

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

It was a phrase invented in the late 17th century.