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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
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

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Clarification: I'm not talking about sex. I'm talking about biological exposition.

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[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Reminds me of Deathworlders. Some woman got stuck on a planet and had to take a shit and the microorganisms in her shit wrecked the planet.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oh no, a HFY story... They are kinda entertaining but filled with so much weird pathos and self-dirision. That "btw, religions suck" section was just so out of place.

Imagine that: Getting abducted by aliens, fighting and winning against some of the most dangerous aliens of the whole universe and when being interviewed about it, one of the first things he chooses to say about humanity is "btw, we have religion and it sucks".

And these stories go on for all eternity. 97 long chapters.

That's what you get when people on the level of fanfiction writers write original stories without any oversight by an editor.

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago

Never said it was the best. But yeah, I did read the whole damned thing.

Only thing that stuck out for me was the weird furry and homoerotic dog piles, but it was still fun.