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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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Bonus: and that likely explains why older shows tend to have self-contained episodes while newer shows tend to be serial.

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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 19 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

First, most people aren't going to do that. Second, there's a difference between opting for randomness and having it forced on you.

Now about the idea of the older shows having more self contained episodes; OP is correct. It was the rise of night time soap opera like 'Dallas' and miniseries like "Roots" and 'Sho-Gun' that made networks/producers see that people wanted extended stories.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

ErsatzTV let's you do channel surfing with Plex Media. Crate your own channels, make a schedule or randomizer, then flip through to find something to watch

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 hour ago

You can use it with Jellyfin too, though live TV support varies by the client you use

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

hands you an octopuss