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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:

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. 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
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

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English makes so much sense.

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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

At least we only have one "the"

[–] Griffus@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That is like the linguistic version of drive through banking. No one gains from over simplifying something to such extremes.

It just makes it simple. Like available for the special need people kind of simple.

But then again, you guys made the word "literal" mean "figuratively", so there is some schooling potential. Some.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yeah you're right it's really important to use "der" for Apfel because Äpfel are men or something lmao

Don't you dare misgender that pencil lmao his pronouns are he/him