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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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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

I wonder why YouTube works well for me, and no one has ever proposed an answer. LOL, I almost always get dogpiled when I say this.

My recommendations are spot on. Shit can get weird fast if I continue to drill down. Watched a few vids on survival and willingly went down the rabbit hole expecting radical nut cases. It wasn't bad at all and the survival stuff cleared out pretty quickly when I stopped viewing.

I don't search much as there's more interesting topics in my recommendations that I could ever see. But when I do search, I get what I aimed for.

Here's another weird thing: I watch a great deal of gun related content, yet never get any right-wing horse shit. OTOH, I won't touch right-wing gun nut channels, so maybe that's it? Also, right-wing gun crap is far more rare than apolitical reviews, tests and fun stuff. 🤷🏻

My only guess is that my account's so old (2006) that they have me perfectly dialed in. Anyone?

Having said all that, this bullshit is on my front page. Rather jarring as I never see garbage like that.