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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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It's a shame, really.
Back in my restaurant days, hanging out after and getting loose really made everyone work together better.
Though I can't see doing this in a business environment - it's just not the same.
Fuck my bigot coworkers.
I avoid working with them.
In my restaraunt experience, those parties worked because it was organic. Part of it is that you're probably working nights and weekends, making it harder to socialize with people outside your industry or similar CS professions. Part of it is overlap in demographic, probably being under 25, in school or recent graduate, from the same town or 2, and have similar incomes, which dictates affordability of activities.
Moving into a regular office environment means your off-hours are the same as the rest of the working population. All different incomes, ages, kid counts, living locations, etc. At my job, the core department has pretty good overlap and after-hours things are generally organized by department heads. They recognize the cohesion. But sometimes, HR takes a crack at a company-wide gig and it's awkward. Not drastically, as it's only about 70 people, but we fall into the preexisting groups, mostly based on department. It's fine when it's the Christmas party during normal hours, but it just doesn't work when it's a bar after hours.