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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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  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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Something written had to exist in order to be read, so writing is at least a second older than reading.

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[–] naught101@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No. You can read signs. Like foot prints, or fire scars. Or you can count actually objects before you invent tallying.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

An individual person can learn to read before they learn to write, and that's almost always the case. But the very, very first person to ever do either of those things wrote before he read.

[–] jaaake@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

The very first person to write was doing so with the intent of it being read. They didn't make marks that they didn't understand and then later discover their meaning. Writing makes no sense without reading. These two things happened in unison, one does not predate the other.

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I wasn't taking about an individual, I was talking about humans as a species and culture.