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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:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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- 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.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
- Posts must be original/unique
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In short: no, it is not - to me. Begging on the streets, at the checkout register, pass the boot firemen at traffic lights, on television commercials, it's all begging.
Inform us about your cause, don't hit us up for spare change or impulse generosity. If we want to give you our spare change, we can do that systematically based on actual decision making, not impulse based on very little - probably inaccurate - information about where the money is going.
Oh man, the firemen or whatever organization at lights really urks me. They kick out the pan handlers, but because they're city employees they get a pass? No thanks.