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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:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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- 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.
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If you mean to banish as in to remove, then why not remove bad or nonconstructive feelings? If all things hateful is ultimately counterproductive, and hate is a degree of intensity from the emotion of dislike, then moderating that level of dislike ought to be good, just logically. Removing (banishing) hateful feelings, or being anti-hate, seems both popular and logical.
They said "I don't think you can banish feelings", you even quoted that, and you consequently suggest banishing feelings?
Conveniently, there's a Psychology Today article on stoicism and banishing of emotions. I am surprised how easy it was to find cheap confirmation. Sharing for credibility-factor, even though I think the act of sharing this is for credibility a bit superficial. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ataraxia/202508/how-to-banish-negative-emotions
yes, this is a simple difference of opinion. I'm not sure what the hiccup is.
- "I can't afford to buy food, I'm hungry" - "Have you tried buying food?"
See the (non-philosophical) problem?
The role play is lacking important information for me to understand. It resembles a riddle. Can you speak directly with complete sentences?
No, I've tried twice to point out the simple concept of not being able to do something and its relation to iii@mander.xyz 's comment, I thought the second attempt may have been a bit too condescending but apparently it wasn't.
I'm sorry but you're on your own.
Ok, it is tragic that it is difficult for you to express yourself. I am reminded of the 3 monkeys: see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil. Screens distort what we see. Headphones block out our listening. And the decline in literacy and reading as well as civility is making it hard to speak. It would be a dark time once our eyes, ears, and mouths are closed off from each other