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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submitted 10 months ago by Daft_ish to c/showerthoughts

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[–] givesomefucks 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

That's the cool thing about language , if enough people do something for long enough then it starts being right

Out of everything you were ever taught, it's the only thing that works by Tinkerbell rules. If enough people believes something is real. It's real.

Otherwise we'd all still be talking like William Shakespeare

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

You're saying we're led by the cool kids.

That's so fetch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean, money works like that too. It's not like we value money because paper is rare, we just all collectively agreed to use it to make exchanges easier

[–] Dasus 1 points 10 months ago

Well you're not wrong, but we used to have the gold standard, and that worked because of the rarity of gold.

Also most "paper money" isn't actually paper, but cotton/plastic

[–] quaddo 2 points 10 months ago

Forsooth, verily, and widdershins