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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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Know what I mean?

Movie speech is so "elegant", every word is perfectly spoken.

But reality is like: "um... so you know... I... uh..."... the spur of the moment, non-rehearsed, reality.

Maybe movies should add more "inelegance" to make them seem more "realistic".

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[–] forrgott 2 points 3 days ago

Sounds a lot like taking the role of Dungeon Master in a D&D game. Your goal is to provide a believable world and NOCs as a backdrop for your players to tell the stories of their characters adventures. For me, it was like having a whole fantasy world running in the back of my mind, and I'd often surprise myself with how that works would react to the heroes.