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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:

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[–] Lazylazycat 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

If you don't want to engage in discourse, why even start a thread?

But ok, you think that events don't happen because they're instigated by something else. If I push a domino over, it falls. If I didn't cause it, what do you think did?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Well I was hoping that we would jump straight to discussing the idea instead of spending time explaining it.

I think that attributing ultimate cause, or authorship, or ownership, when it comes to things as serious as money, to be built upon shakey ground

[–] Lazylazycat 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

If you'd explained things more articulately to begin with it would have saved you a lot of time!

Ok, you're not dismissing cause and effect as a whole (i.e. You believe if I pushed a domino over and it fell, I caused it to fall) but don't believe cause and effect necessarily applies when the effect is the result of a transaction. There are often circumstances where multiple causes result in an effect. e.g. I hadn't been sleeping well, hadn't been eating properly and caught a cold, with the effect of failing an exam.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 20 hours ago

I really am doubting cause-effect here. I think it's one of those useful dumbed-down cartoons we use to get from A to B and to satisfy our need for a coherent narrative.

But more specifically, yes, the money associations. Shakiness compounded.