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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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    • 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.
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[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com 36 points 4 days ago (3 children)

There's more to history than Wikipedia. Like physical books

[–] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I didn't even think of that 🤦

I've been online for too long

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

Back in my day you had to buy Wikipedia. It came in like 20 massive volumes that ate up a shelf or two.

Thinking about it… I wonder what my parents did with our copies…

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

I doubt Britanica has a page dedicated to Limp Bizkit.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

The encyclopedia even came on CD for a while. It was called Encarta. But I loved my parent's World Book Encyclopedia much more.

[–] applemao@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Still have em! They'll be the last source of actual knowledge once the AI slop destroys us.

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And that encyclopedia is online too.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago

And looking up specific species, animals, conditions

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The US based ones will be silenced because the algo will ignore them.

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Books. Classes. Things outside of the Internet. C'mon.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Not really? Wikipedia is only one small resource. A useful one but it's only a starting off point at best for any real study

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

Not all physical books are accessible, eg the log books of Christopher Columbus. DOGE is defunding libraries and Dept of Ed. Academics are fleeing. This collapse of knowledge is bad.