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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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[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I just read a book that somewhat follows this kind of premise: A person believes in ghosts, and all these things happen, and, as the reader, I'm totally on board with it being ghosts. Then a new character enters, and gives logical explanations for everything, and the main character, and me, the reader, realize that, oh damn, it's not ghosts at all. Except then it turns out it WAS ghosts, and the shit hits the fan.

It was a really fun read.

[–] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago (2 children)
[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Tap for spoilerThe September House

[–] treyf711@eviltoast.org 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I too am curious, even though now it sounds like the premise has been spoiled.

[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Yea, I didn't know how to write about it without spoiling it 😩