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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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- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- No politics
- 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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I was in Germany once many years ago, and was riding the train with a bunch of college kids. They only swore in English, everything else was German.
Really? I would have thought German would have good swear words.
Using foreign swearwords takes the edge off it, fuck becomes like "bummer" in another language. In french it does at least, fuuuk.
It has.
Is it like swedish where you explain how bad someone is to their face? I bet it isn't by insulting their mother.
Well that's one use for swearing.
But tbh I'm not good at it and there's huge regional differences.
Username checks out.