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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:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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- The entire showerthought must be in the title
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- 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
- Posts must be original/unique
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Kids today don't know that until quite recently if you turned on the TV and you didn't get any picture, you could give the thing a firm slap on the side and it would work.
I miss the times where I just put my favorite cassette in a random player and heard an audio play for the night, without needing Spotify and searching for a specific episode
And I'm 19
I miss cassettes and vinyl records only for nostalgia's sake. Realistically, they were a BITCH to handle and store with questionable lifetimes and middling audio quality.
I don't miss cassettes, getting eaten by the player in the car and impossible to get out without snapping the tape. Tapes of any kind are subject to being gobbled up by the player, looking at you VHS.
I miss albums, they were cool to look at, but only a few of mine survived. My music is all digital these days.
The VHS was a bastard on an entirely different level. My cousin lost his The Empire Strikes Back tape because a roller got stuck and the tape got twisted around the reader head.
Should've used a Betamax. /s