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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.

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[–] remon@ani.social 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Understandable, as Asian people don't seem to age until they are like 60 at which point they instantly turn into looking like 90.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That’s just an online stereotype.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Stereotypes are based on observable real events. They are not randomly made up.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Correction: stereotypes are based on "kernels of truth" which may or may not be observable real events. These kernels of truth can come from fictitious or non fictitious sources.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 6 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Only sometimes. Often they are based on ignorance and prejudice, and gain credibility through raw repetition in the absence of any real-world observations. Like, shit, you can't even comprehend of the existence of negative hurtful slanders as stereotypes? GTFO with that.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip -3 points 23 hours ago

Stereotypes are peer reviewed scientific observations

Or

Stereotypes are just made up by a person very likely as a joke and people of very high intelligence parrot them without any critical thinking and laugh like hyenas at their ability to accurately repeat words

[–] IndignantIguana@piefed.social 3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

I've always wondered if that had something to do with the cultural revolution in China in the late '60s early '70s. Like was there something about living in or before that time that made you look older as you aged? And maybe the people born well after that time just weren't under that kind of stress and ended up looking younger.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 points 11 hours ago

This stereotype isn't China-specific, though. For Japan, the cutoff point would be WW2, which is the same as for most of Europe.