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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.

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[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You're right, as a group of people they prefer the term American Indian, but I'm not going to go and say "your should ask the Indians about that" because that sounds as stupid as whatever your argument is.

Which was I think about using "native" instead of "indiginous", which are literally synonyms in the context.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world -2 points 6 days ago

which are literally synonyms in the context.

From my first reply:

Indigenous is more correct because that involves the land changing someone, not just something coming from there.

You might not be aware of every pedantic difference, I didn't assume anyone would, that's why I explicitly stated it

Feel free to Google and check my work, but this isn't an argument someone can win, words have meaning.