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Showerthoughts

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Yeah, I get that. It's just, there isn't really a revelation here. That's just what memes are: units of cultural expression based on broadly recognizable forms. "A hammer is a weight on a stick you hit things with" isn't really a showerthought, it's just stating the definition of a hammer.