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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:

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  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
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.

Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.

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[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Never heard cognitohazard before, talk about a clunky neologism. By the way, have you heard of my band, Clunky Neologism? We're not very good.

[–] doomslang@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 day ago

Oh hell yeah I love bands that aren't very good. Love em so much ive even been in a few.

[–] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The SCP Wiki uses that word a lot. I'm not sure if they invented it but they definitely helped spread it.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah I looked it up, that's why I called it a neologism. And it's clunky as hell.

[–] doomslang@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

I've never paid attention to SCP stuff, but it seems like a perfectly cromulent word.

[–] ContriteErudite@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am now accepting applications for a less clunky variant of this neologism. It needs to maintain the self-important weight of jargon developed in a government lab, but feels graceful and luxurious when spoken aloud.

Maybe "cognizard", but that sounds like a Pokemon. "Cognizard, I choose you! Use 'existential dread'!"