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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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In the past, only certain people had access to, or claimed to have access to knowledge and fed it to the masses.

Then we learned to read and figure stuff out on our own.

Now with AI and Big Tech, we're going back to only certain people having access to knowledge (or claiming to have access to knowledge) and feeding it to the masses.

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

When I was 10, my parents sent me to catholic school. I question everything I ever get told. So when these nuns told me that thunder was the sound of God bowling, and lightning was him taking flash photography of his perfect game, I had questions.

What catholics absolutely HATE is critical thinkers asking questions that expose their bullshit.

So I thought "If god has existed for thousands of years, and he always plays a perfect game of bowling, who is he trying to impress with a photo of a perfect game?"

And when I asked that question, I had to go to the principals office for being disruptive. I didn't mean to be disruptive, and so I asked how I was being disruptive. Which got me in further trouble.