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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 "just google it" mantra has probably held back quite a lot of interesting conversations and debate (lemmy.world)
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I've always been a "lurker" on all platforms and communities because when I do have a question or would like to contribute my first thought has become:

Actually, let me google it first

In which case I'll usually have some answer. Usually it isn't a complete answer but enough for me to not want to share my question anymore.

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[–] webjukebox@mujico.org 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always try to answer even though I know the answer is on Google.

Either because it may be a more up-to-date version or because you simply never know when other websites will stop being available and therefore that source of information will be lost. Also because many times no matter how hard one searches before asking, sometimes we do not know the concepts we want to reach and our search is limited.

Imagine if everyone responded with "Just Google It", we would never find an answer to anything.

I really hate that mantra and it should be part of "If you don't have anything to contribute, don't comment."

[–] ReiWasHere@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

this is how it should be dealt with!
thank you 🧡