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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[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If I'm not mistaken, and please correct me if I'm wrong, I recall that the ancient greeks dedicated a lot of effort in bettering communication of ideas.

[–] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes! Rhetoric, the study of the available means of persuasion! Lots of professions still do that today: speech writers, advertisement creators, academic rhetoricians, some linguists, some anthropologists or sociologists, some historians…