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We like music because our brains crave pattern recognition.
(sh.itjust.works)
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:
If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.
Plenty of music isn't. But maybe the joy there is that it's not as formulaic?
A joke is just lighting up an unexpected or long unused connection in the brain. 🤷♂️
This seems reasonable to me, a very unqualified source in neurology.
We are doing great work together pushing the bounda of scientific knowledge! 😂
Note: I have no idea how brains work.
Even when it doesn't repeat itself, after repeated listens I find satisfaction just in knowing the weird places that the music goes. A lot of my favorite songs took a few listens to "click".