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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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  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
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[–] QualifiedKitten@discuss.online 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Sometimes I prefer food that takes work to eat because I know I'm not actually all that hungry, just bored.

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I never understood the difficulty argument. It's not like these people would be open to just slamming a glass of Soylent because it's easy.

[–] QualifiedKitten@discuss.online 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Funny you mention that. I absolutely went through a DIY Soylent phase, but I was playing around with the recipe(s) via nutrition tracker apps, aiming to hit targets via "real" foods, not supplements, and aiming for "different" recipes. It's actually not as difficult as you might expect, and I don't even mind eating the same meal for a good chunk of my meals, but it just.... didn't.... work... Maybe it's the lack of chewing?

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

What do you mean by "didn't work?"

[–] QualifiedKitten@discuss.online 1 points 2 hours ago

I was still "hungry". I was definitely getting calories, macros, etc., but I think it being in liquid form, no chewing, meant that some of the biological processes weren't getting the expected feedback.