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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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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 5 days ago

Not really much of a shower thought. Pretty sure Clark or Niven wrote entire books on this concept (I forget, just know I read these books 40 years ago, and they weren't new then).

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 2 points 5 days ago

We currently couldn't detect life on earth from nearest star and it is unlikely we ever can build anything good enough to. Which means if we discover life we know they are plenty advanced as to make our efforts uneeded as they can tell us a better protocol. Not that we have the ftl needed to reach them anyway.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Don't tease me with a good time

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

Just wear protection

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

*Another planet.

We have already found one, and it's the one our feet are on.

[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

What are you saying? Are you saying it isn't like in Star Trek where they can beam people down to untraveled planets and somehow still have a breathable atmosphere suitable for humans? Say it isn't so!

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

It would go exactly like in many (bad) movies, Yolo! (seriously.)

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