/r/Showerthoughts
A subreddit for sharing those miniature epiphanies that make the mundane more amazing.
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A subreddit for sharing those miniature epiphanies that make the mundane more amazing.
"Showerthought" is a loose term that applies to the types of thoughts you might have while carrying out a routine task like showering, driving, or daydreaming. At their best, showerthoughts are universally relatable and provide new perspectives on the mundane.
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1. All submissions must be original.
Everything offered in /r/Showerthoughts must be written by its poster. AI-generated content, copied-and-pasted content, and other such unoriginal content is strictly forbidden.2. All posts must meet the minimum requirements for their flair.
Incorrectly flaired posts will be removed. Very few posts will be showerthoughts.3. Your entire thought must be in the title.
Posts in /r/Showerthoughts must stand on their own. Explanations, elaboration, examples, or clarifications should only be offered as comments.4. Submissions must be offered in error-free English.
Since posts in /r/Showerthoughts are rarely longer than a sentence, they must meet a minimum standard of quality.5. No misinformation.
Misinformation of any kind is forbidden. This includes posts that use blatantly false premises to attract attention.6. No done-to-death or banned posts.
Posts may not be jokes, puns, wordplay, advice, soapboxing, or "shower commentary" (like "Ow, this water is too hot!"). Posts pertaining to politics, religion, Reddit, and social justice are also forbidden, as are posts about or pertaining to language.7. No spam or spam-enabling activity of any kind.
Spam and spam-enabling activity is strictly prohibited, regardless of how or where on Reddit it takes place. Users may only offer one post per seventy-two-hour period.8. Remain civil at all times.
Bigotry, hate-speech, harassment, and personal attacks will result in immediate and permanent bans. Submissions which are hostile, intentionally demeaning, or directly insulting will be removed.
Please see the complete rules page for a full explanation of each of the preceding rules.
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For some premodern folk, public executions were probably a way of satisfying their morbid curiosity around death in a similar way to what true crime podcasts and murder dramas do for people today.
22:18 UTC
We have names for Months and Days. But we don't have names for Weeks (either the 52 weeks of a year, nor the roughly 4 weeks each month).
18:12 UTC
If bugs had a society like ours, their daily routine would be nonstop funerals.
14:22 UTC
Based on evolution, you could argue that given enough time, a monkey produced the complete works of Shakespeare.
06:18 UTC
Someone must mow the grass at Machu Picchu. That must be difficult!
00:48 UTC
Timmy couldn’t have been an average kid, because no one understands him.
17:11 UTC
A cop either chooses to enforce all laws no matter how unjust, which makes him a bad person, or chooses to only enforce fair laws, which makes him a bad law enforcer. Either way, he’s a bad cop.
17:09 UTC
It’s possible to be stung by a bee whose honey you’ve eaten.
23:37 UTC
Actors who portrayed a vile historical figure must feel awkward when they're complimented for their performance.
20:54 UTC
Celebrities manage to go broke despite being able to sell autographs.
16:21 UTC
We have gotten to a point in civilization where a house hold pet dog has eaten more exotic meats, has more belongings, and has been treated better, than most humans were only 100 years ago.
06:12 UTC
The majority of humans are contained in the North Eastern Hemisphere.
18:24 UTC
"We're cutting your hours" is equal parts awesome and terrible to salaried and hourly workers, respectively.
15:20 UTC
It costs almost nothing to label the up or down side of a USB, to avoid putting it in wrong.
13:44 UTC
Nowadays we rarely see kids actually do the "trick" on Halloween.
01:02 UTC
The creepiness of a spider is roughly proportional to its leg length to torso length ratio.
00:06 UTC
If you die in real life, you die in the game.
21:20 UTC
The higher you go up a stairwell, the fewer germs are on the railing.
16:21 UTC
It's super easy to permanently change your life for the worst, but not for the best.
13:28 UTC
Current history based professions are a necessity in the future, for recording the knowledge of the past.
11:41 UTC
A star or multiple stars was born when you did, meaning you have a star your age out there in the universe.
11:10 UTC
We like to monitor weight loss, but we are mostly interested in volume loss.
00:28 UTC
North Americans are often derided for their low spice-tolerance, but are seldom lauded for their high sweetness tolerance.
00:23 UTC
The rate of Mental Health issues across our population are probably much higher than we realize due to some conditions being viewed as acceptable, while others are collectively stigmatized.
00:02 UTC
If superpowers were real and a person could fly through space, and he flew a few million km away from earth (which is not very much in terms of the solar system), there's a good chance he would *never* find his way back.
17:56 UTC
Star Trek: The Next Generation is actually three generations after the original series.
02:36 UTC
We are all trying to prove that something matters.
02:24 UTC
Some uncontacted tribes must be quite surprised about starlink.
21:52 UTC
My son goes to the same park I did as a kid. The ducks he feeds could be the great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, grandchildren of the ones I fed 40 years ago
18:24 UTC
Institutions can't save money using thin toilet paper. Everyone just doubles or triples up the amount used each time.
03:15 UTC