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.

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All this excess of information, games, shows and everything else is ruining our boredom, which is usually what leads us to think more creatively (programming.dev)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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Title.

We're kinda spoiled with "all the X we could want, whenever we want".

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago

for those that do not get the reference, this is a quote that is generally attributed to Socrates or the like. I seem to recall once seeing some discussion to the effect that it isnt actually a quote of his, and is actually from some guy in the beginning of the 1900s paraphrasing some ancient greek writers, though I dont know for sure, but either way, its a pretty old quote and as such is used to demonstrate that the sentiment that "the children of today are worse than they used to be" has been around for longer than modern technology, and may be as old as civilization itself if not older.