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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:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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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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People who love to drive longs distances. People who love mayonnaise. People who react strongly at the mention of drugs.
Wait, what's wrong with mayonnaise?
Don't get me fucking started
Nothing. But there's this segment of the boomer generation that's notoriously obsessed with it. They put it on everything.
No doubt they all got exposed to the same tv commercial and it took.
I don't love to defend advertising/marketing, but your statement implies that once something has been advertised, organic interest/enjoyment becomes impossible.
Sure, there might've been a big ad push that rocketed mayo to the top of people's condiment lists. But there are dozens of other things that could also create interest (new foods that pair well with it, new recipes that are shared culturally, loss of a competing product, diet changes)
Or they grew up Bri'ish and were force fed it with fish and potatoes.
Mayo is a god damn perfect condiment, it goes with just about everything!
I will fight you over this!
Bizarre, I've never encountered this, but maybe I'm just avoiding that segment of people, or the mayo lobby wasn't as on point in Oz
I know this guy who puts it on jello
I knew a guy who put it on sandwiches with peanut butter
😮
I was scrolling down to actually read some examples and those are it? Seriously?
A little help would be nice.