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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 most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Mine touch at sebbin.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

1000 touches.

In french :-)

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Touche, ça touche pas

Et touche pas ça touche

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Ha ha je connais celui là 😁

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

!remindme sixty years when i confirm

[–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

there was this one but it had to be whitelisted and i didnt want to spam so i just faked it :)

https://github.com/PangoraWeb/remindme-bot

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

3 before my lips touch.

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 56 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They do if you kiss yourself in the mirror, but only on the lips

[–] SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can only kiss your lips in the mirror

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wise man once said.

Another thought to disturb restful slumber, especially if you are vain: in a mirror you can kiss yourself only on the lips.

[–] ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Geez, how many accounts does Neil have here...

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 21 hours ago

Not enough, Lemmy is embarrassingly credulous at times.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

And then they touch for every number until 1 trillion

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 57 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] espentan@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Yup, I can't get past 5 in Norwegian.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I got to three ín Hungarian.

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

Mine touch at pebenty peben.

what about thirmty three

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 85 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What if I say "um" somewhere because I lost my place?

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 29 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Then it's your fault for not saying "uh" instead!

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago

I love this! It doesn't seem like it could possibly be true, but my 30 seconds of testing haven't debunked it.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 69 points 2 days ago (2 children)

that's one hell of a water bill if you were in the shower counting to one million.

[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not if you count using a logarithmic base 10 scale!

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[–] djmikeale@lemm.ee 56 points 2 days ago (5 children)

En, to, tre, fire, fem.

1000000 / 5 = 200000

Here's the proof that Danish is 200.000 times better than English.

[–] MoonlightFox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As long as you have that ridiculous "to og en halvfjers" counting system, you do not have a superior system 😉

[–] djmikeale@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Haha! Yeah truth be told, our number system is completely stupid 😂

[–] MoonlightFox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Besides the number system you got most things under control in Denmark.

You also have one of the greatest shows, Klovn 😂

[–] djmikeale@lemm.ee 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Well thank you! Although I find Klovn to be too cringe for me, I do agree on the other statement, I feel incredibly lucky to be born here, where even born into unfortunate circumstances, it's still possible to get a successful life.

[–] MoonlightFox@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

I have watched every episode, it's hilarious. Episodes ranging from them trying "the godfather of drugs" (heroin), to him stealing a wheelchair. I guess it might be too much for some people though, my wife can not watch it for similar reasons.

I feel the same way about being born in Norway. I come from unfortunate circumstances as you call it, and I am doing well. This is thanks to the extensive free education that I have gotten.

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In romanian, it ends at 4. Romanian is 25% better than dutch and 250000 times better than english

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[–] KammicRelief@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Made me silently count to ten to confirm. Mind expanded.

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[–] bremen15@feddit.org 37 points 2 days ago (7 children)
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[–] sit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 days ago (5 children)
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[–] nore@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Portuguese (Brasil): 1 (um)

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is this this case in Brasil? In european portuguese your lips don't touch for um

[–] nore@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 hours ago

Yeah, forgot to specify ;P

[–] Whulum@lemm.ee 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Oh shiiit thats trippy!

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Egy, kettő, három

3 in hungarian

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[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 16 points 2 days ago (3 children)

My lips touch when I say one.

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