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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.

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They’re disempowering themselves. Describe themselves as a victim of circumstance, powerless and without responsibility. It’s a disempowering narrative. You’re shooting yourself in the foot. In this story that we live, you are casting yourself as an npc.

On the flip side, saying “I can’t” adds authority to your argument. You’re citing an unstoppable force as the root cause of your actions. So it’s a tradeoff that way.

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[–] Goodman@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

We wake up in our cells and dress in limitation

To deprive ourselves of action and causation

Can't or won't we see that we rob ourselves of agency?

Why waste our will with can't where we could won't?

So don't say that you can't.

But do say that you won't

And I will know that you will will

For where there's a will, there's a way

And who knows where you may stray

[–] presoak@lazysoci.al 1 points 2 days ago