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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 fact that there's a lady out there named Stephanie who insisted the whole world call her Lady Gaga and we're all just like, "okay." (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (14 children)

JK Rowling also writes as Robert Galbraith.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (9 children)

In case people don't know, JK Rowling's pen name is a reference to Robert Galbraith Heath, a psychiatrist who experimented with gay conversion therapy in the 60s and 70s using surgically implanted electrodes on gay men's brains. He claims to have "cured" one of them. He did lots of other fucked up things too, and of course Rowling denies her pen name has anything to do with him. FWIW, she also claims she's not a bigot, but her words and actions clearly indicate otherwise.

[+] [email protected] -8 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I don't see how. The initials JKR dont appear anywhere in there, is there something Im missing?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Can you think of another author who uses JK before their surname? It would have been a pretty big hint as soon as people realised JK Galbraith didn’t exist.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

None, but it still feels like someone wanted to add to her list of crimes. Like is he famous? Is it likely she knew of some random scientist before she came up with the pen name?

Plus her name is literally Joanne Rowling. She already had one initial.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Sorry, I confused myself and thought you were replying to a later comment - I thought you were asking how people would have guessed JK Rowling and JK Galbraith were the same person.

I think it’s fair to say Robert Galbraith-Heath is an (in)famous psychiatrist. I remember his name from my student days. As for her purposely using the name of a conversion therapist as a pen name in order to… be more homophobic? That seems like a bit of a leap to me, but idk her bigoted views in any real depth tbh.

And I looked up the other name before I realised I’d confused myself and found there was a famous JK Galbraith too, according to wikipedia He sounds like a bit of a dick too. Sorry for the confusion, I need sleep.