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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: 1

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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not at all. I'm responding to OP, and while my comment is informative and sourced so that other people can understand it too, I do not care at all that my in-kind response turns some people off.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol.... kinda reminds of something.... Wikipedia?

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As scrambled as your brain is, anything could.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

my comment is informative and sourced so that other people can understand it too, I do not care at all that my in-kind response turns some people off.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And you've learned how to copy and paste! Big day for you.

[–] Hanabie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Haha, it was fun.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah just like you copy and pasted your ethos from Wikipedia.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

If you're this wrong about a two-syllable word, you shouldn't worry about cracking the code.

[–] soumerd_retardataire@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Thanks, trusting wikipedia because it has a "source"(, as if a source meant the truth 🙄,) is super weird, and i'll also add that a lot of sources are inaccessible anyway, such as those pointing to books. Wikipedia will hopefully(, in part because it's always a mistake to pretend knowing "the one truth",) be replaced one day, it's long overdue.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The inaccessibility of many wiki sources is a very good point, thanks.

I think Wikipedia serves its purpose as a broad strokes indicator of things that are likely significant in some way, but its limitations are as important as its content.