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: 1

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
    • If you feel strongly that you want politics back, please volunteer as a mod.
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct

If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.

Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report the message goes away and you never worry about it.

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A Shower Thought is a concept that is hard to define but you know a good one when you see it. If you see some that are especially good, please link them in the comments.

I want to add a few examples to the sidebar to help shape the community, so it makes sense that they should come from the community.

Please upvote the ones you like.

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The classification of a "good" one casts dispersion on all the rest. Very early on, "others" were cast as baddies. It seems like a trend.

Quoting Wikipedia:

Jesus' target audience, the Jews, hated Samaritans to such a degree that they destroyed the Samaritans' temple on Mount Gerizim. The Samaritans, reciprocally, hated the Jews.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Good_Samaritan

Quoting Wikipedia [emphasis mine]:

The Samaritans (/səˈmærɪtənz/; Samaritan Hebrew: ࠔࠠࠌࠝࠓࠩࠉࠌ‎ Šā̊merīm; Hebrew: שומרונים Šōmrōnīm; Arabic: السامريون as-Sāmiriyyūn), often preferring to be called Israelite Samaritans, are an ethnoreligious group originating from the Hebrews and Israelites of the ancient Near East. They are indigenous to Samaria, a historical region of ancient Israel and Judah that comprises the northern half of what is today referred to as the West Bank. They are adherents of Samaritanism, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion that developed alongside Judaism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritans

I dunno. Maybe someone will correct my interpretation. This has been at the edge of my mind for a little while and I'm curious if others agree.

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"You see, there's this thing we call «Furries», they're anthropomorphic animals that-"

"But you humans are already animals. Are furries animals in the form of other animals?"

"... Technically, yes. but... It has its nuances. They have to go on two legs, have thumbs and-"

"Like other primates?"

"... Yes, but... Oh, they also have to do human things! Like use clothes, talk, work..."

"In that case... That SpongeBob you told me about.... Is he a furry?"

"..."

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Although, it may be a "premium" feature, so it's (still) a bad idea.

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Possibly with tents numbering in the tens or hundreds of thousands. And that became such a halting thought that I forgot to rinse the shampoo out of my hair.

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I have no idea how one could find this out.

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I'm 100% confident that many of you out there have poured the final pieces out of your bag of favorite chips directly into your mouth. So, companies shouldn't waste any of that "dust" in their factories.

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...and River Phoenix played young Indian Jones in the third movie.

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We have people that jumped on grenades, bombed, shot at, cut to pieces and survived but how dare we stumble funny on a curb.

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What would it take for the Goliath to be the hero and David to be the pessimist? Not just in fictional narrative depictions but throught history too. The only scenario I can think of that kinda fits the mold was 9/11. Where America may not of been the hero or "good guy" but the underdog Taliban was unanimously viewed as the "bad guys." I'm not super knowledgeable when it comes to global geopolitical relations so I'm all ears for any scenarios that prove otherwise and would love to hear them.

Edit: I am loving all the responses and its a great conversation, I just wish I phrased the title differently so it wasn't getting downvoted. I didn't mean for it to come accross like I didn't think it ever happened.

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If someone is dead they should stay dead this is how art dies. It's easier to keep recycling the same time shit over and over. I want to see what the new generation brings to the table.

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There should be a kind of "sorting hat" personality test to attract the interest of prospective Lemmy joiners. People who love solarpunk stuff, for example, would easily find their home in slrpnk.net. Set a link to it on sites like join-lemmy.org to make the fediverse more approachable to casuals.

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Does a motorcycle include a motorcycle helmet? No. But a robot has never ridden a motorcycle or even seen one with eyes.

Does a glass of juice count as food? No. But a robot has no idea what food is.

Am I spending too much time adjusting this puzzle piece because I have a trackpad? No. Because I have a trackpad.

I've been disqualified with all of those.

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Aliens everywhere

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