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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:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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- The entire showerthought must be in the title
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- 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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Omg I ruminate on alt-timelines about decisions that weren't even my own. Like the alt-timeline where I was never born, or never moved abroad, or if I got different classes, that maybe I didn't get bullies, or like the alt-timeline where I left my country earlier and didn't get to keep my multilingualism. Or like maybe I could do things differently at home so that my parents loved me more, or like tried to make more friends... etc...
I get it. I think that's just brain.exe doing brain.exe things.
The worst part is those traumatic memories tho, I still remember one of those from like... a long time ago... been re-living that day for a long time. What if the outcome was worse? What if I never made it out of that situation alive?
So... yeah...
idk
OCD
CPTSD
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