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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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The two most important questions of our time are:

Who do we want to be?

How do we get there?

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[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Questions that are all encompassing like these are worthless because they don't get us any closer to the answer.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de -5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not asking these questions doesn't get us any closer to the answer either though?

[–] No1@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If two things lead to the same result (in this example, neither asking the questions nor not asking the questions get us closer to the answer), then isn't the lesser effort option optimal?

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago

I just don't agree that it "doesn't help".

It does help, at least it helped me.

[–] Ethanol@pawb.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

shoutout to this 80s punk song asking the same question but with hugely different energy :P

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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You say we, but i think more in terms of me, since I can't affect anyone else.

As soon as I think we, I get depressed because I don't have the power to change anything about anyone else. But I can change me.

I'm pretty close to who I want to be.