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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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[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Honestly, it makes perfect sense to me, but that’s probably because I have astigmatism.

We’ve seen the head as the seat of intellect for millennia, and glowing things (the sun, moon, and stars) have always been endowed with mystical and miraculous properties.

Glowing things look like pointy rings if you squint or have impaired vision. Combine those simple concepts – pointy glowing wreath on the head – and you get a crown.

(And earlier renditions were just gold wreaths, often made of leaves, like the Roman laurels.)

[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

You mean this is how our ancestors intended it to be:

face on sun meme

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago
[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah, "divine rule" or whatever the word

[–] TheGod@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It makes perfect sense and is wrong. OP is wrong. His assumption has no source bc its simply not true