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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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    • 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.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 14 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

Wait y'all get taught critical thinking?

I just hated all the teachers and instinctively challenge all authorities, from parents, to teachers, to school admins, police, and governments. Trust nobody.

They don't teach critical thinking in schools.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago

Remember, critical thinking and trusting nobody are two very different things that don't really have anything to do with one another.

Critical thinking means that you learn to figure out who (and what information) you can trust. If you are a critical thinker, you know how to vet sources, lean what marketing/political lingo actually means beyond the apparently obvious meaning of the words. You know how to find discrepancies between different bits of information and how to balance them and figure out what's behind them.

It certainly doesn't mean to not trust anything, because that means you are discarding actual information in favour of hallucinations.

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 hours ago

Sounds like they thought you critical thinking by teaching you not to trust them.

[–] XiELEd@piefed.social 1 points 4 hours ago

I am the same, but I got diagnosed with ODD lol