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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. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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For example, why do we say "Your pupils are dilated". They aren't. It's the iris aperture that is dilated.

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[–] Majorllama@lemmy.world 45 points 17 hours ago (5 children)

I mean we have lots of words for varying degrees and styles of "nothing".

A chasm is the empty space between two chunks of the earths crust.

A void is just an empty space well... Void of all things.

An interval is just the time between two events. Technically it's nothing.

Still a good shower thought. There aren't a ton of words dedicated to the same phenomenon, but we have a handful.

[–] Mitsu@pawb.social 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Also just

“Space” as a place to go

[–] Majorllama@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

Good ol fashion space.

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