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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:

Rules

  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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Our modesty seems to have taken away our best self. We should all be naked and chewing on a toothbrush when we are to be at our most inspirational.

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[–] 3migo@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Adding work into the shower would diminish it's idea generating powers.

The reason we are able to come up with good ideas in the shower is that our mind isn't otherwise occupied by doing anything else. We aren't on our phones, watching TV, having a conversation, or working. Our mind has no obligations and the act of cleaning yourself doesn't require much mental load. So our mind is free to drift and think freely about whatever it wants. We don't have many similar times of distraction-free brain freedom in our modern lives.

Add in a task like taking a meeting, and now you've removed that key no thoughts head empty feature of showers that leads to the brain blast.

[–] zorflieg@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

We have plenty of distraction free brain freedom. It's the formality of the meeting. If I'm fighting to see Karen through the steam and pausing to spit toothpaste I'm less concerned about the passive aggressive way she's telling me I didn't submit my code on time.

[–] razorcandy@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The shower is my happy place. Why would you possibly want to add stress to it? :D

[–] kubok@fedia.io 7 points 1 day ago

End of discussion. The last thing I want to think about in the shower is meetings with my clients.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Only if my work pays for the electricity and water bills, because keeping a warm shower running for an hour will skyrocket those costs

[–] zorflieg@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Of course. Plus shampoo, toothpaste, razors and body wash would be claimable on tax. Haven't figured out how to improve the shower coffee situation though.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 4 points 1 day ago

You know, if all meetings were only held by people on the toilet, we could avoid all of those unfortunate embarrassing incidents when that one person forgets to mute.

[–] Drekaridill@feddit.is 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] zorflieg@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Half of what I say in a zoom call isn't worth listening to anyway.

[–] Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 2 points 1 day ago

I like you.

[–] zorflieg@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Hey thanks, Steam is already an app, should we call it Ploom?