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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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  2. 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
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[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I'm slowly working to replace all the terminal commands on Ubuntu with emoji combos. It's the first time I've been able to remember most of the commands I use regularly. It's entirely because I started calling systemctl "system cattle" and now "💻🐄"

I just wish I had a good emoji keyboard to use on my pc. Then I'd really get into it.

[–] Jo4ted@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Didn't someone translate the entirety of Moby Dick into emojis?

[–] radix@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Of all the cool characters in D&D we could try to be, we choose the Dabus?

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Or junimo from stardew valley

[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

The lady in front is asking if it's really a good idea to be roofing in this weather. The guy doesn't want to pay for for a contractor, hense the hammer.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

hmmm, but you don't pronounce most emojis, maybe 🤷‍♂️ but that'd be about it. come to think of it, is pronounceability required to fit the definition?

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I’d consider it a logographic writing system.

🤷

[–] Miller@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Did you ask that because you came up with the term logo-alphabetical and wanted to use it?

[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)