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. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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It's pretty cruel, particularly for non-native English speakers, that 'lose' and 'loose' seemingly switched spellings, meanings and pronunciations with each other when no one was looking (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 4 weeks ago by 58008 to c/showerthoughts

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'Choose' rhymes with 'lose'? I mean c'mon, someone did that shit on purpose 👀

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The audience can't seem to differentiate commas from; well, every other punctuating mark. What are you hoping to achieve, here?

[–] mrunicornman 3 points 4 weeks ago

Why did you punctuate like this?