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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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  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
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[–] isyasad@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Dogs are made out of air, water, and dog food.

[–] late_night@sopuli.xyz 2 points 12 hours ago

Aren't we all

[–] Delta_V@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago

and grass is made of air

that's why cows fart so much - cows are made of air

[–] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So you're telling us to touch cows.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

With your feet. ;)

[–] artifex@piefed.social 12 points 3 days ago
[–] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

So that's why I like to get baked!

[–] Apocalypteroid@feddit.uk 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Grass is made of sunlight and water

[–] deus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

So are blue whales

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's pretty amazing an animal the size of a cow can graze like it does. Life is cool.

[–] sircac@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Angry upvote... -.-

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"You are what you eat"

So there is one way to become younger again and achieve immortality!

::: spoiler


Joke is Cannibalism :::

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

I always joke with my friends with that saying

  • turkey
  • chicken
  • dead meat
  • nuts
  • bananas
  • a big fat pig
[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah, carnivores basically have herbivores use the four stomachs to digest tons of low-nutrition grass for them, and then scoop all the good parts by eating the herbivores.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

"A cow is a machine that turns ten pounds of grass into a pound of beef"- CGP Grey

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 5 points 3 days ago

And we might be some part cow

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] radix@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

It's carbon all the way down.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And we eat their dead meat

We are made of dead meat

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's weird... I am made of living flesh. 😈

[–] Apocalypteroid@feddit.uk 2 points 3 days ago

Not for long

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Grass and soy.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I feel like there's an elemental entity somewhere that wishes they hadn't fragmented into a trillion ingrates