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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: 1

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[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 42 points 2 months ago

Those idiots pee all at once and then water it down. Look at it! They're completely insane! You could piss on so many lawns with that!

[–] Awkwardly_Frank@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If they don’t already think we’re nuts for wearing clothes.

[–] TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why are they putting on fake fur?

[–] 4lan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

To trap our smells for their enjoyment

[–] tate@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There are soo many things that dogs would find very confusing, if they had the capacity to analyze that way. What if they knew that all of our interpersonal interactions were governed mostly by ego, shame, and pride?

I don’t believe all our interactions are governed but ego, shame, and pride.

I certainly just exist with my friends all the time and we talk without filter and just exist together.

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Gotta make room for new smells

[–] Braindead@programming.dev 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Now this is a proper showerthought...

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

My beagle hates it when I do laundry or if my goldendoodle gets perfume at the groomer. Everything MUST be stinky according to the beagle. He does his best to make everything have his hound smell by rubbing all over everything and everyone. I'd be mad if he wasn't so damn cute when he does it. He makes dumb little noises and gives me side eye as he wiggles around like a doofus

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well dog, at least I have nuts, ya eunuch.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 months ago

AYY you didn't have to do him like that though!

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 months ago

Never would have come up with this on my own. I think you're probably right.

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Or collecting their poo.

[–] zeca@lemmy.eco.br 5 points 2 months ago

I feel like dogs tend to to give us the benefit of the doubt about everything, never jump to thinking we're crazy.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago

You think I wash.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 months ago

Me as a kid thought that.

SO and I feel the same way about each other's body and clothes odour after not too many days.
2-3 days is the sweet spot, 1 and 4 are OK, more then 5 days is yucky again.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

smell of us

You meant to suggest the situation when dogs wear our odour, right? Like, perhaps, they rub against us and pick up a scent to wear ?

To check for odour without wearing it themselves, it's just "smell us". So, I'm not sure whether it was a typo.

[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I thought OP meant that the clothes smell LIKE us in this one.

[–] Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I think they mean when the clothes smell so much like the person wearing them so much that it's noticeable