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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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"Don't judge a book by its cover." is a bad idiom, because bookcovers are desinged to represent the content of the book. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My go-to phrase now is , “don’t judge a book by its movie.”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What they did to Foundation should be a crime.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The made interesting and visually engaging? Oh and soandso is a black woman now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, clearly racism is the biggest reason to hate the Apple TV version. Not that the writers didn't understand the point of the books and turned Asimov's original thoughts on society into magic and mysticism.