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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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Pre-heating is useful.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

Do you prefer your food to taste good or not?

But reading the T&C is useless.

[–] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 13 points 2 years ago

No, most people pre-heat their ovens.

[–] cmeu@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

I pre heat, but usually don't read all the t & c πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Confidentially incorrect. (Before someone wants to correct me, it's intentional.)

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Everyone pre-heats their oven! ...Don't they?

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

How are these things related?

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 8 points 2 years ago

Today OP learned

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago

You... You don't preheat your oven?

[–] fubbernuckin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Reading terms and conditions is much more time consuming than preheating.

[–] dotslashme 5 points 2 years ago

I pre-heat and I read tos;dr for laughs and giggles of what they're trying to force me to agree to.

[–] Mechanite@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Do you not preheat your oven..?

[–] NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

It really depends in both cases.

Hearing a frozen pizza? Maybe I won't wait for it to pre heat fully. Something I made to bake from scratch, following a recipe? Yeah I will wait for the oven to pre heat.

Same with terms and conditions. In many cases I won't read them, but some deserve a skim or a serious read.

[–] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I take the easy way out https://tosdr.org (no oven btw).

[–] Willie@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Nope,

I preheat the oven consistently but don't consistently read terms and conditions or license agreements.

[–] dukethorion@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

You can't read stuff with a beer in one hand and the grill tongs in the other.