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

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Why don't we refer to twins and triples as a litter? (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Technically they're littermates...

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[–] TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (4 children)

It is used and has a negative connotation.

[–] Adalast@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It only has a negative connotation because it is generally an "animal" word and humans believe themselves special and somehow above and separate from animals. It is the same with referring to someone using an object pronoun. Call someone "it" in English and see how fast they lose their shit. Like, mother fucker, you warp spacetime and have volume, you are a fucking object.

[–] bigboig@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah, but the negative connotation is the exclusion of agency

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