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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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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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    • 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.
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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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And what are we pretending to be?

"Humans".

And what are Humans?

"Not animals, that's for sure!"

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But only one specific species of animals did that. Most animals are incapable of doing that, which is why we are superior

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Hey bud? Octupi are developed enough to maintain neighborhood communities, and they managed to avoid inventing money, taxes, and HoAs. They're also not actively destroying the planet.

Let's not pretend like anything we are doing has an inherent good to it. Animal societies looking different to ours doesn't make them inferior to ours. What humanity has wrought is nothing to brag about.