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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:

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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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"Deleted" sounds so casual too, like God did it as part of some routine cleanup.

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[–] TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 59 points 1 month ago

Deleted by creator

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What makes you think it wasn't?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Atheism? 🤷

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

Killed by the architects.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I guess, but only if you have a paradigm of a supernatural being that creates things.

I come from an art background, so I see the word "creator" in the context of an artist. Gods or spirits or whatever don't factor in.

[–] A_A@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Same for me, "creator" doesn't sound such a bell about Goddesses (or Gods) either.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago
[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's less biblical than "Removed from existence by the originator".

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[–] ArbitraryValue 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I clicked the link in your post because I thought you meant that that phrase was in the Creative Commons license and I was disappointed.

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago

Are there any Creative Commons licenses out there that include clauses for Warhammer 40k? 🤔 I'd be shock if true. 😜

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[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"The originator" associates in my mind with Chaos from the Hades games more than with Abrahamic God, which is arguably cooler.

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

I was thinking more Warhammer 40k, but I totally get what you mean.

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[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Purged into the abyss of forgetfulness by the originator.

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago

Destroyed by the Creator

[–] lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago

Derezzed by the Master Control Program

[–] Lupo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, man did create God in his own image, so that only follows.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys god. Man creates dinosaurs. Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the earth.

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Every time I see one of those I think to myself: "I can only wish..."

[–] hakase@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

This feels more like "10 guy thoughts" than shower thoughts