this post was submitted on 17 May 2025
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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:

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. No politics
    • 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
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

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.

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[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago

Ita kinda neat imo. It's like being in a small town and seeing a celebrity whenever satansmaggotycumfart joins the conversation.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 7 points 6 days ago

Oh, you sfoogly cucklebog

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Can I be the guy that's known around town for pointing out that in the given context, it's actually "fewer users"

And yeah yeah, I know about evolution of language and common usage, and all that crap. But it really does just boil down to the fact that fewer sounds more elegant when the object is plural. ie: "There are usually fewer unexpected costs associated with new home ownership", vs "There is usually less unexpected cost associated with new home ownership" (Both are correct in their given context)

It's about how language rolls off the tongue. If we lose that we might as well grunt at each other draw pictographs with our own feces.

/end of rant.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's actually about whether the object is countable.

Water -> less water Cups of water -> fewer cups of water

It bothers me a bit, too, but American English is definitely evolving to replace "fewer" with "less".

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[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 7 points 6 days ago

That’s why I keep making new accounts every time the last one hits around 1,000 comments. I already recognize quite a few users here who’ve only written around 3,000 comments total - so by that metric, if I’d just kept using my first account, I’d probably be instantly recognizable to a ton of people by now.

[–] zorflieg@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Who are you and how did you get in my sandbox?

[–] muusemuuse@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

Meh, wake me when it has an i2p presence

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

My, oh societal anachronism.

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[–] optimistic@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago
[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Oh, you MSG’d bouillon hatchling

[–] CCMan1701A@startrek.website 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Remember the user that couldn't 💩 for a week or something?

[–] match@pawb.social 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

no no no you have it all wrong. he was looking for a way to avoid shitting for 3 days. it was very important to him that he find a way so that his body wouldn't produce shit during that 3 day period. for some reason.

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I want to be remembered as the succulent meal that sometimes makes good points and funny jokes 🍗🍚

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I don't know anybody here. What you talkin about Wilus?

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Considering how new anonymity is for the human race, it amazes me how people treat it like a crucial element of life. Civilization mostly lacked it for thousands of years because almost everybody lived in villages or small towns - about half the people in the world still do.

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