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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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  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. No politics
    • 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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[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 325 points 4 days ago (104 children)

The average person is becoming MORE technologically illiterate, not less. The era of growing up with a home computer that required fiddling and dial up, etc is over. People grow up with phones and iPads and kids come to school not knowing how to use a mouse.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -3 points 4 days ago (5 children)

The average person is becoming MORE technologically illiterate, not less.

There's simply no evidence of this

What's more, the prevalence of cheap, accessible technologies is having a host of knock-on effects. Case in point:

People grow up with phones and iPads and kids come to school not knowing how to use a mouse.

Feels like I'm listening to the Boomer complaining about kids today not knowing how to use a manual transmission.

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

My wife is a teacher. Kids come to school without the ability to use keyboard and mouse which was not the case in the 90s. I also only drive manual :P

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Bullshit, I went to school in the 90s, and half my class had never seen a computer before. I'm surprised you don't remember how many kids struggled with Mavis Beacon.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

It's always different when it's your generation. The fact that "keyboard class" was stuffed with Millennials in Freshman year of high school isn't an indictment of kids' keyboarding skills.

Only the Gen Z/A cohort has problems.

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