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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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[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I would religiously follow Dorothy Parker

[–] charlytune@mander.xyz 9 points 1 year ago

Dorothy Parker would have drunk tweeted from dinner parties savagely taking down all the other guests.

[–] Davel23@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S 6 points 1 year ago

I mean with a surname like Wilde he was destined to be a wild one.

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

H. L. Mencken. “For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, elegant, and wrong.”

[–] Darkaga@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not too be too pedantic but this is the full, accurate quote from Prejudices: Second Series, "Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong."

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Dude! I’ve been using that for years, never thought I had the quote wrong! Thank you!

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Gotta ask - which book is your favorite? Love the Chrestromathy and the books he wrote about his youth.

The Bronte sisters would be my Kardashian's, oh my God