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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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  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.
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[–] InternetUser2012@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

https://librex.devol.it/

It's pretty amazing to search for something and actually see things you searched for.

[–] dingus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Does this work any better than DuckDuckGo? People praise DDG, but imo it's results are pretty shit and I could never end to sticking with it. It can't even get basic quoted text syntax correct.

[–] InternetUser2012@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah ddg is as bad as google imo. This works like the net used to be.

[–] rustyriffs@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Damn, I've gotten so many good alternatives lately. Thanks for posting that.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Oh fuck man, that's a great find! Thank you for sharing that. It's actually providing really substantiative results which I haven't seen from Google for at least 5 years.

I have definitely bookmarked that website, even though I use duck duck go I will probably use that as an alternate now.

Another good search engine that's less useful for searches but for providing information is of course Wolfram alpha