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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
Rules
- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- 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
- Posts must be original/unique
- Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS
If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
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Oh, this one went somewhere, just not anywhere you wanted it to go.
You can say "billionaires harm society, literally". That's a literal statement that is true.
You can say "billionaires benefit society, literally". Thats a literal statement that is untrue.
You can say "billionaires are human, literally", so long as you are talking about individuals, and not corporate entities.
You can say "billionaires are steaming piles of shit, figuratively". They are not literally turds emitting water vapor. That metaphor is quite apt, but not literally true.
Likewise, they are not masses of mutated cells. That metaphor is also apt, bit is not literally true.
You can say "teratomas are cancer, literally". You can't say "this argument is literal cancer". It is figurative cancer, not literal.