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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 most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Germany once had a minister of defence with a ridiculous number of first names. I think 12 names or so. Then one guy kept editing in another into Wikipedia. During the edit war where people were deleting the extra name and he was putting it back in some journalist used Wikipedia as a source for the names and they copied the fake one down. So now the guy had a source he could point to to win the edit war.

I think it took several months until this was resolved.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I once searched for Barack Obama on wiki years ago right when a rogue editor turned it into a page about Blackops Apache Assault Helicopters and Seals copypastas. I still dont know why. I occassionally wondered if I was sleepwalking.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

Theoretically this should still be available somewhere in the edit history.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Gather around children. u/bjoern_tantau is going to tell us of one of the mighty Wikipedia Edit Wars.