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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:

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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
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School spends a long time "wasting" our time but learning things is a great way to learn how to interpret information and make actual informed decisions

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[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There used to be courses that acted to weed out students by being difficult and having shitty teaching as a way to weed out students who would only do the bare minimum within the structure of the class.

[–] xtools@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

yeah my college has been infamous for that. our laws require universities to admit everyone who meets the formal requirements, and they've had 3x the students they could handle. so they "examed out" 2/3 of the people to get rid of them. economics, accounting and maths have been ridiculously difficult