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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
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    • 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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[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Doesn't help anything that most "gum base" has PLASTIC in it.

[–] StereoTrespasser 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Yea I loved gum right up until the recent study clearly linking microplastics in the body and chewing gum.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Really? I am not entirely surprised but did the study say how the plastic was getting in there?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Turns out the flavor crystals were just ground up spoons

[–] frunch 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm just gonna go ahead and believe this without further research, that's too good an explanation to let go of, lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Paging NileRed, can we make gum flavor from plastic spoons?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

Yeah the microplastics in gum thing really threw me off when I found out about it.