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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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- 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
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"Meat with a first and last name tastes best!" - from Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Not a book for most people, hell sometimes I wish I hadn't read it. But if you want to get into a fiction book on the subject this one is pretty fucked up. It'll probably live rent free in my head for the rest of my life...
A few other quotes that have stuck with me:
After all, since the world began, we've been eating each other. If not symbolically, then we've been literally gorging on each other. The Transition has enabled us to be less hypocritical.
I know that when I die somebody’s going to sell my flesh on the black market, one of my awful distant relatives. That’s why I smoke and drink, so I taste bitter and no one gets any pleasure out of my death.
No one can call them humans because that would mean giving them an identity. They call them product, or meat, or food.
They gave human meat the name “special meat.” Instead of just “meat,” now there’s “special tenderloin,” “special cutlets,” “special kidneys."
That book was a great read. I really enjoyed it, the themes of capitalist consumerism and greed were neatly wrapped up in the madness of cannibalism.
The ending where >!the guy ends up killing the woman that became too human in his eyes!< was a great twist. Would definitely recommend that book to anyone who enjoys reading.
Not sure if it's just me but the part tagged as spoiler isn't hidden for me...?
Hmm it's hidden for me, could be the app you're using or maybe the app I'm using idk... I'm using the app called Sync.
Don't think I can do anything to fix it 🤷🏻♂️
Interstellar combines "!the" into a community and doesn't show a spoiler.
I use boost. Not sure me telling you that is helpful.
This is the only book that's ever given me a nightmare. And you should 100% read it.
Right! 🤣👍