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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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  2. 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
  4. Posts must be original/unique
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[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 105 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Older people can be just as bad as young ones about phone addiction and poor habits let alone manners

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 1 points 1 hour ago

I was on vacation with my girlfriend and we met up with her parents abd went to dinner with some of their friends. All in their late 60es early 70es. Me and my girlfriend are around 40 and the kids 5 to 8. The children aren't really alliwed on their phones and i thought it was rather rude to hang on my phone. Then i saw these elderly people either playimg candy crush or something similar or asking their phone 20 timea in a row how long the coastline in italy was, or similar questions. It was way too loud for chatgpt or Gemini or whatever to pick anything up, so they just kept asking. It was quite bizzare to me, because 30 years ago, i would've been the kid on a gameboy and people their age would tell me that it's bad and rude.

[–] Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip 25 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

My mother was constantly on her phone playing games or scrolling social media/TikTok/YouTube. Even when her favorite shows were on she barely paid any attention.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 13 points 13 hours ago

My mom used to knit during shows, and either miss a plot point, or lose count of a stitch and have to unravel stuff.

For movies, she was notorious for falling asleep and getting upset that we finished watching it anyway.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 10 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Lol my grandma had phone additiction long before smart phones. Watching TV before steaming really sucked with her in room.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world -5 points 15 hours ago

My grandma is addicted to porn on her phone she just constantly goons.

You walk into her room at the nursing house and her fingers are wrinkly like she just got out of the bath and it smells like day old tuna salad.