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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:
- 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
Rules
- 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
- Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS
If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
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A lot of scientists are not great communicators. I am much better over text than I am in person... I never shoo anyone away in person but I also understand that in social settings most people only ask what I do out of courtesy rather than genuine interest.
People enjoy the way certain people share their passion. This is a bit overdone for gaming channels focused on kids e.g. pewdiepie but there's also the dude building a hut with Neolithic tools, or tasting rations, trying new foods, or just reacting to fried rice (uncle roger), gardening, or powerwashing. Nilered shares his passion for chemistry in a way a lot of people enjoy but for better or worse I don't think it is about understanding Nature as much as it is connecting with a fellow human.
PhDs are philosophy degrees because whether on purpose or not theses are filled with the personal philosophy of the writer wrapped in the paper of whatever research.