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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
  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
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[–] Steve@startrek.website 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

The ruling class are the ones with insatiable ambition and no morals. Intelligence doesn't matter as much as willingness to abuse others.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

The willingness to abuse others is low intelligence

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

nah these have nothing to do with another. they're orthogonal properties.

[–] tristynalxander@mander.xyz 2 points 3 hours ago

Depends on who you're abusing / pissing-off. Can't imagine it's good for your health to have large numbers of people angry at you.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 1 points 4 hours ago

Emotional vs intellectual