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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: 1

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  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.
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[–] Mr_Fish 20 points 3 days ago (12 children)

A. Off is an autoantonym. You can turn a light off, meaning deactivate it, or you can set a bomb off, meaning activate it.

B. The worst one: inflammable == flammable.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (9 children)

Turn up the A/C. Am I...

  1. Making it colder?
  2. Making it hotter?

The debate continues to rage (in our house)

[–] toomanypancakes 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Lost_My_Mind 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ok, if you agree with this opinion, upvote toomanypancakes. If you disagree with them, downvote.

And afterwards we'll socially distribute their pancake hoarding problem.

[–] naticus 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But what if I disagree with your direction for votes? Now what?

[–] Lost_My_Mind 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Then you need to fill out an application form to revise the voting schedule.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Best way to change one's opinion is to make them fill many forms

[–] naticus 1 points 3 days ago

I'm just going to proactively attach the addendum form that turns this into some kind of Schrodinger's cat voting system.

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