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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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[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 12 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Fun fact: Mammals(iirc) pretty much start growing at either end; some start at the mouth, others at the ass.

So every human ever started life as nothing more than an asshole, and some never grew out of it.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Today, on How It's Made: Anuses

Have you ever wondered where anuses come from? It all starts with a hole.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 14 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

All mammals are deuterostomes, they all have the trait of the anus developing before the mouth.

All vertibrates in fact, among others.

The other side of things are the protostomes. They all develop a mouth before the anus at some point in development.

These include insects, bugs, snails, etc.

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 hours ago

Thanks! I wasn't sure and was gonna put "creatures" originally.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

Great - now I can’t think of the womb as anything other than a 3D printer…