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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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Oh, "creative arts"? Like... subjective things? Unlike sports, in which there's usually an objective scoring system. Wish I had thought about that.
Oh wait I did yes.
In modern books? Probably not.
But in general? Yah, it is.
we both know that's not what i was referring to. i'm talking things like intellectual properly rights. also, there are plenty of subjectively judged sports.
one major criticism of the monomyth theory is that it relies, perhaps subconsciously, on confirmation bias. many classic works that have been called monomyth-conforming only fit that mold when you ignore stuff that doesn't fit, stuff that in some cases completely change the context of the other beats.
folklorist Barre Toelken, in an essay from 1996, wrote
Now it's just semantics about how much story structure we have.
I'm not saying it's the "hero's journey" every time, but if you for instance look at Dan Harmon's story circle — which is very much based on the monomyth — you'll see how those apply to pretty much all narrative stories. Not all, but most.
It's just the form we seem to like or which at least works well enough.
Also saying "we both know that..." online is a bit naive.
i personally go with the most charitable interpretation, trying to figure out what people mean rather than assuming that the text as written, no matter how incongruous to the rest of their argument so far, is exactly what they meant. but you do you.
That's called being "prescriptive", and I... was not.
well thank you for teaching me a new word!