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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:

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. 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
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

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[–] audaxdreik@pawb.social 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

No, I get it. There's this unspoken understanding that barcodes are strictly utilitarian and unobserved as their nature. In stylizing them, there's an acknowledgement of being unexpectedly seen by the human consumer and not the intended digital scanning device.

[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago
[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 3 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Dude I have no idea I even tried to Google it and this sounds like the ramblings of a madman or madwoman or madperson.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 weeks ago

Maybe they're taking about qr code pictures?

Japan House qr code

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

For a minute, I was thinking it might be that someone made a bot that just made posts generated by ChatGPT with no supervision, but then looking at OP's post history, there's no way AI could think up this.

[–] Tungsten5@lemm.ee 3 points 4 weeks ago

maybe even a... madlad

[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

You know, when the designer did something funny with it. Like elongating the end and making it into a giraffe.