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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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  2. 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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[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works -2 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

octopi is wrong because octopus is Greek and not latin

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah but we're using English which doesn't follow Greek spelling rules.

Also, this.

And that's why octopuses is correct. Octopi is not a derivation of octopus nor do we use "i" as a plural ending in English.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 16 hours ago

I prefer the original, more correct, "octopizzle."

[–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

TIL: I thought it was acceptable

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works -1 points 14 hours ago

That gets down to what you mean by "acceptable". Octopi is not a natural derivation of octopus as the plural is octopodes just like "aint" is not a natural derivation of any form of the verb "is" BUT in both aint and octopi's case most understand those words so they might be acceptable depending.