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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.

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I am quite a data hoarder, but I take so many screenshots that I'll probably never look at again, and it occurred to me that this might be my generation's "printing emails" thing.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 hours ago (9 children)

Out of curiosity, what do you take screenshots of? That's not something I've heard of people doing compulsively.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

Maybe that's just a me thing. Other than just stuff to try and remember for later, it's usually pretty dumb. Stuff like: items in some online store, images on a search page generally (not downloading anything specific, just snapping a shot from the general view), etc. It's kinda hard to explain, but let's just say out of a set of 70,000 pictures, at least 50,000 are screenshots.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

I'm the same way, but I only have about 6k Screenshots, so I have a lot of work ahead of me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

I tend to do that with real life objects. For example, I might snap a photo of a price tag in a store, walk over to the next store and compare prices.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

I tend to do that with real life objects. For example, I might snap a photo of a price tag in a store, walk over to the next store and compare prices.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

70,000 is too many to have of anything

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

Euros per month? No, barely enough for a relaxed lifestyle.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Molecules of water? hair follicles? Grains of rice?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

Yes,make them bigger and fewer

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