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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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Semantic satiation happens when repeating word or a phrase over and over makes it temporarily lose its meaning. This was first written about in the psychological literature by Titchener, in case you search it online and find that name.

Because word repetition causes defusion (in the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy way), these professors could actually be more cognitively flexible than other people, at least in terms of whatever it is that they're grading.

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[–] whileloop@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I'd imagine lots of professions get this. Basically any ofession with lots of repeated text. I've gotten this a couple times while programming.

[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 10 points 2 years ago

Security logs for me. "[hour] performed patrol. All well." Repeated hundreds of times per week .

[–] feef@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What are you programming to get this lol

[–] whileloop@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It doesn't happen much. But in a language with more boilerplate, like Java, it can happen very rarely.

[–] feef@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Hmm, been a java dev for over 6 years and have never had that happen :D I can recommend intellisense and Lombok for the boiler plate though.

[–] Aatube@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

So if I experience Semantic Satiation through listening C418's Semantic Satiation to the point of Semantic Satiation I can change the context of Semantic Satiation and other ideas through training in Semantic Satiation?
I wonder how many times I'll have to listen to Semantic Satiation, it feels like one of the most repeated factlets, to achieve Semantic Satiation
I'm already looking at the word "Satiation"and thinking that looks weird but I can still think of what Satiation and Semantic Satiation means, does that count as Semantic Satiations?

[–] lingh0e@lemmy.film 1 points 2 years ago

Plan. Plan? Plan. Plan.