/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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The current state of AI-generated pictures of women where they all look like a variation of the same big-eyed, fair-skinned, prominent-cheek-boned faces (which is supposedly rare IRL) is starting to feel tired and generic to the point we might no longer find it attractive.
19:51 UTC
We’re constantly playing a tug of war against companies by paying YouTube to not show ads while they pay YT to show them.
17:08 UTC
When explaining English to kids or non-English speakers, we often say certain consonants are silent, but if a vowel is silent we just assume they already know it.
16:55 UTC
It is very rare to see insects drink water.
13:37 UTC
Companies find it reasonable to raise prices for rising input costs, but unreasonable to raise wages for employees facing the same issue.
04:55 UTC
It must be really confusing taking advanced math and physics classes in Greek.
23:53 UTC
With the right kind of light and power, everything can be made transparent.
21:29 UTC
Morality is often ignored not because it lacks importance, but humanity has yet to find way to measure it.
17:05 UTC
We transformed our apex predator into our best friend.
15:17 UTC
There are 10 steps to cleaning a slowcooker: Soak, followed by saying 9 times, "I thought I got everything."
11:30 UTC
Spiderwebs are recycled bugs.
08:07 UTC
It's interesting how singers/poets expose their deepest hurts, yet we're all like "That's so beautiful, so true." and not "That's some deep trauma, go get help."
07:00 UTC
If there were two motorcyclists driving side by side, and they held hands, they would turn into a car.
05:52 UTC
Your teeth are a food processor.
04:31 UTC
There’s probably someone in the world right now who is living the perfect day, but you’ll never know about it because they’re too busy enjoying it to post about it.
03:36 UTC
Taylor Swift visiting a city is the closest we get to see how people react to aliens.
23:10 UTC
Intelligent AI could lower our guards by faking slow progress and improvement.
20:54 UTC
UFO sightings dropped when cameras became popular via phones, now they're back up with drones becoming popular.
04:12 UTC
The more people that get diagnosed as neurodivergent, the less typical neurotypicals become.
18:37 UTC
If all the money and effort we spend hurting each other was instead spent healing each other, we wouldn't need health insurance.
07:12 UTC
I feel like I’m watching the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come’s vision for Scrooge play out with the reactions to the United Healthcare CEO getting assassinated. The timing being around Christmas makes it all the more uncanny.
01:48 UTC
Onlyfans success shows that even if you have money, you can’t get a real girlfriend these days.
23:52 UTC
A bear's front appendages are either legs or arms depending on its stance.
20:34 UTC
Those who downplay animal sentience are rarely vegetarian/vegan.
18:24 UTC
It's interesting how we are often told how law enforcements budgets aren't big enough for them to deal with issues like Medicare fraud, corporate collusion, and illegal claim denials. But when a CEO dies there are enough resources for a multi-state manhunt.
18:05 UTC
It's a massive design flaw that cooking spray doesn't like spraying downward considering it's whole purpose is to spray pans, waffle irons, cookie sheets, etc.
17:49 UTC
Dog clothes cover everything, except their privates.
16:52 UTC
If Humanity becomes an interplanetary species, we probably need a whole new set of sports because of the difference in gravity.
23:25 UTC
Way too many societal problems are caused just by people not being able to follow simple instructions.
19:57 UTC
The vast majority of humanity's buttholes have never seen sunlight in all of human history.
19:44 UTC