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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:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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- The entire showerthought must be in the title
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- 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
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You pretty much just described my typical lower class American upbringing in the early 90s. Except the Rubik's cube thing. Internet or not, somebody knew how to solve that thing. If you got bored enough, you played with it until it made sense
Just like learning guitar without lessons. Eventually it just clicked
I didn't get to meet many people because my parents think the there are kidnappers everywhere so I just got stuck at home beside school time...
I think during breaks, they sometimes take us back to one of the parent's village, and there I remember we were allowed to run around since I assume everyone in the village knew each other and I remember hopping on to other people's roofs with my older brother... I took a peek down the sky-window thing and saw spiderwebs in one of the houses... could be abandoned... idk...