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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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Flanderization: Coined from the character Ned Flanders from The Simpsons, refers to a character's traits becoming their defining aspect, resulting in a one-dimensional character. This can happen over time in long-running shows, with a character's initial quirks becoming exaggerated and dominating their personality.

At first, it just seems like some little quirk, maybe. You joke about it. "Teehee, he/she is proud and just doesn't like to be wrong!"

After years, though, you realize it's "they literally cannot perceive themselves as wrong, ever." Which means any behavior can be excused or waved away. Fast-forward a generation or two down the line and, left unaddressed, you can have generations worth of people left defending outrageous abuse, etc... that stemmed from one silly little "quirk" people initially joked about, but that eventually became all-consuming.

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[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

What's the difference between what people online call "narcissism" and people just being too intellectually lazy, ideologically confused, emotionally weak and developmentally immature to accept their wrongs because they understand why it's in their best interest and that it's the moral thing to do? Cause that can all change easily, it's not something just embedded in you like being trisomic/being background anxious, and people have the moral responsibility to do so.