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

Why do people use insert lingo specific to a community here in colloquial speech when it means something very specific to me?!

For me, it’s “antisocial”. Anybody else got good examples?

Edit: “hallucinogenic” vs “psychedelic” is another good one. Why doesn’t everyone know the definitions of words that I know the definition of??

[–] lauha@lemmy.one 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Emerald@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A symbiotic relationship can be many things. Mutualistic (both organisns benefit), parasitic (one benefits, one harmed), and commensalism (one benefits, one is unaffected)

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I was taught that symbiotic relationships are mutually beneficial, and is the opposite of a parasitic relationship where one benefits and the other suffers. I've never heard it used in any other way.

It's also how dictionaries define "symbiotic."

It seems like one of those things that only gets better defined if you're in the field of study, such as a biologist.