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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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When someone starts with I'm not racist it usually means they are. (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Edit: here's my thought process. Why do they need to tell someone they are not. Then proceed to say the most racist thing, lmao.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago

Just realize it's a thing, it even has a name for it, apparently it's called rhetorical shields.