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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: 1

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It sounds way less offensive to those who decry the original terminology's problematic roots but still keeps its meaning intact.

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[โ€“] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because you have already learnt the terms.

If you were starting out a term like PeripheralInControllerOut would make far more sense than MasterInSlaveOut.

A lot of industry-specific terms exist because someone didn't think a lot about naming 80 years ago and picked the first thing that came to mind. Turns out most offensive terms are also not intuitive to newcomers.

[โ€“] hedidwot@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 5 months ago

You've made my point well.

Absolutely I've already learnt it, and I don't intend to stuff around translating. At first it's one thing, maybe not cumbersome but then many things become a hassle.

Master and slave are not in and of themselves offensive words. You just assign offence to them, based on certain specific context, again proving my point.