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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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The main difference I've noted so far between lemming and Reddit is that in lemming people seem to know when to write it's or its. (self.showerthoughts)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Its mind boggling how even native english speakers can't get that right

[–] Dark_Arc 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Is it though? It's almost a pendantic quirk of the written language that things need spelled differently that sound the same.

Like, we ask know what you mean if you say "I was talking to the Johnsons and there cows ran away. Its total madness in this town lately."

[–] MegaUmbreon 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why do you care? Why does anyone care? You understand what the person means, that's the most important thing when communicating. Grammar on the internet is so unimportant, even people who know the difference might not care enough to coerce autocorrect into choosing the right one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

If you can't type a text message with proper grammar then you can't type anything else either. It doesn't take almost any more effort to do it right. If your writing is full of mistakes you sound a bit stupid. You don't need to be perfect but you should atleast try.

Also the joke was that I incorrectly typed "its" there