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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] 26 points 9 months ago (3 children)

To be fair, we only know where Bluetooth is useful because we put it in a lot of places where it wasn't useful

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Trial and error isn't the only way to optimize things... It's actually one of the worst, the one you use when you have no clue how to proceed

So no, that is not a justification for having done it or continue to do it

Now I wonder if substituting the sugar in my coffee with arsenic would render a delicious new beverage.... Only one way to find out!

[–] bitwaba 3 points 9 months ago

Maybe not arsenic, but lead should work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm not talking about trial and error, I'm talking about throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks.

There might be good ideas out there that no one could think of until they accidentally get invented

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

I'm not talking about trial and error, I'm talking about throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks.

Is that not trial and error?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago

It’s kind of… the only way tho

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago