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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Discussions are like a game of telephone; you're converting idea into language and expecting the recipient to flawlessly translate it back into an idea. (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 months ago by ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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I can only imagine the difference it would make if instead of telling about your idea you could show it

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[–] ahto@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's also the difference between what you think the words you say mean and what they understand from your words.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i think you misunderstood OP.

[–] ahto@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago

I don't think so, my point was that there's not only uncertainty in converting the idea to language and language back to an idea, but there's also uncertainty when transferring language from one person to another.