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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:

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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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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
  4. Posts must be original/unique
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[–] [email protected] 141 points 2 days ago (3 children)

If you set up parental controls on your parent's devices I can guarantee they won't find a way around it.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

my grandpa with dementia installed OVER 40 solitaire apps because he would go to the app store and install one every time instead of opening the ones he "couldn't find"

now he has parental controls blocking app downloading

[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago

I hope you guys checked for subscriptions he may have added. Might still be paying for a dozen of those games.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I’m glad he has you/y’all Toadski

<3

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They will, usually by accident. Source: my father in law.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You block Fox News using a Pi-hole?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He only watched Tagesschau, but no matter what we did with his phone to make it secure, he'd manage to fuck it up and get to places he shouldn't get to and change settings he shouldn't have been able to get at. His PC was also a barrel of fun.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Time for a flip phone and an Apple lIe!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Thats all good for kids since they dont know any better to begin with. Parents will bitch and complain they can no longer watch Fox news to enough people, and 'the problem' will get fixed.