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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: 1

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The "just google it" mantra has probably held back quite a lot of interesting conversations and debate (lemmy.world)
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I've always been a "lurker" on all platforms and communities because when I do have a question or would like to contribute my first thought has become:

Actually, let me google it first

In which case I'll usually have some answer. Usually it isn't a complete answer but enough for me to not want to share my question anymore.

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[โ€“] deepblue@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I kinda get where you're coming from, but at the same time, I think there are just as many people these days coming up with absolute rubbish which too many people have the misfortune of falling for.

And as much as we would like to believe that we can search up facts about any topic in the world, there is just so much rubbish on the internet that even when you do look it up, the search results are far from helpful (depending on what you're looking for).

Personally I like asking people stuff that I could have looked up, just to hear their take on it.

[โ€“] Jon-H558@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

yeah, I think that almost builds on my post not contradicts it. Someone may whip out a phone, go to the first result in google and say "there proves my point" without assessing the validity of the source.