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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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[–] Libb@piefed.social 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

That I understand (I can read ;)), what I don't understand is how you manage to come to such an odd conclusion. Based on what?

[–] presoak@lazysoci.al -5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

If reading is like a drug. And a drug, consumed in large quantities, produces disease. Then reading, in large quantities, produces disease.

It's logically straightforward.

[–] Libb@piefed.social 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

If reading is like a drug. And a drug, consumed in large quantities, produces disease. Then reading, in large quantities, produces disease.

It’s logically straightforward.

Not any more than saying 'if cold is hot than too much hot can freeze you to death'. As long as the premise is not true (not a fact) no valid conclusion can be made out of it.

In your situation, saying "if reading is like a drug" doesn't magically turns reading into an actual drug (the 'if' part is key). It still is an hypothesis that need to be demonstrated/validated.