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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If Twitter had existed while Emily Dickinson was alive, she would have been an absolute shitlord with millions of followers (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (3 children)

H. L. Mencken. “For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, elegant, and wrong.”

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Not too be too pedantic but this is the full, accurate quote from Prejudices: Second Series, "Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Dude! I’ve been using that for years, never thought I had the quote wrong! Thank you!

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

Gotta ask - which book is your favorite? Love the Chrestromathy and the books he wrote about his youth.