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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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  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. No politics
    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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It goes like this : Focus intensely upon your work. Make it awesome. And let everything else go to hell.

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[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Graciously, I think they're coming from a place of ADHD and assuming that engineers, artists, and scientists either don't have ADHD or have the superpower "hyperfocus".

Sadly, hyperfocus is a fickle muse who has chosen not to grace me today. [sobs in ADHD techie]

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, even the fact that OP seems to think (a lot?) about focussing their mind and paying attention might suggest something in that direction. Neurotypical people don't seem to think about that shit (read: that amazing ability to "just do the thing") at all. But I have ADHD too, that's why I know that shit only becomes good (or even gets done) if I actively make myself pay attention to it. I just don't think that's unusual per se, only that I need to work harder than other people to achieve the necessary level of attention. I also (sometimes, on good days, when I've just finished a piece) consider myself an artist and part of that is (most likely) due precisely to the fact that my mind doesn't want to focus.

Maybe I'm just confused by the flowery language.

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, it's just not as deep as they're making it out to be.

[–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Its a shower thought. No one's drowning in depth here.