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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
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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 1 points 31 minutes ago

That would just confuse people who haven't read the book.

[–] guillem@aussie.zone 20 points 12 hours ago

It follows the pattern of Kafkian, Goethean, Brechtian, Ibsenian, Camusian, Foucauldian...

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Despite popular believes, H.P. Lovecraft isn't a Cthulhu himself, but someone who popularise the idea of Cthulhu.

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Lovecraftian is an adjective for a narrative style, so it's tied to the author itself.

Orwellian describes the actions of political regimes in just two of his books. When applied to cautionary narratives allegorising or extrapolating existing authoritanism it fulfils the same role as Lovecraftian. When it applies to real world governments using 1984 as an instruction manual, it's much broader.

[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 15 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Orwellian sounds good

INGSOCian sounds awkward

Like USian over American…I get it but it sounds stupid

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Like USian over American…I get it but it sounds stupid

Frank Lloyd Wright tried to popularize "Usonian," but it never made it past the context of architecture.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Sounds like them trying to figure out what to call people from San Diego in the movie Anchorman.

[–] Mantzy81@aussie.zone -1 points 11 hours ago

USians sounds stupid because most of the world think USians are pretty stupid so it's got a secondary aspect to it too. Plus, it's not fair on the other countries in the Americas to be tarred with the USian brush. They have it hard enough and nobody needs that association.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 17 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Substituting words to mold the way people using them think? Pretty ~~Orwellian~~INGSOCian.

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I'm 100% down with this. James Clapper's doublespeak to US Congress was the shocking reality to me that I lived under an INGSOCian government.

(I mean, this was the US and it's ING for England, but also it's called Oceana because the big pond is in the middle but it's the same Government)

[–] db2@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

Isn't that short for English socialism? It's been a while since I read the book but I'm pretty sure.

These fuckers aren't socialists.

[–] lauha@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Why capitalise the word? In my book it is written Ingsoc so it would be ingsocian, not INGSOCian

[–] Zier@fedia.io 3 points 11 hours ago

Doubleplusgood!

[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Most of them are more brave-new-worldian than ingsocian any way.

[–] Miller@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago