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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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"Touching grass" is the modern equivalent of Plato's allegory of the cave (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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When we get too involved in online matters, disconnecting from the internet and getting a hold of the real world is an analogy to the Greek Philosoper's work

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

You mean to say "... but they are in their phone", which can be shortened to "they're in their phone"

The clue was in the fact that you had "their" twice, so one of them must've been wrong!