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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.

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With high speed internet coming out at exactly the same time as my sex drive developed, I have probably seen more nude women than every human in my direct ancestry.

If not combined, I definitely have the high score for now.

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[–] HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip 195 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

By not having kids, you could cement your place as #1 titty seer of your bloodline

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 34 points 21 hours ago (6 children)

Turns out that there's a curse on humanity that if you see more than 800 boobs in your life, your chromosomes self-destruct. But we've never had data to figure out all out.

[–] arin@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Down syndrome people would love this trick

[–] 6stringringer@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 hours ago

And the chromosome challenged absolutely hate it.

[–] HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip 13 points 21 hours ago

I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But ~~that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.~~ it could be a lot worse than death by titties

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 7 points 21 hours ago

Nope, only applies to boobs. A curse wouldn't seek to deny innocent people medical treatment.

Poor mamogram techs, though. Between the radiation and the boobiation... rip.

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[–] TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

Adding this to the list of benefits to being snipped.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Are you saying parents can't have porn addictions?

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 30 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I think they just meant that having a kid opens it up so you might not stay #1.

[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 21 points 21 hours ago

Genuinely couldn't figure out what HuntressHimbo meant 😅

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[–] HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip 10 points 21 hours ago

No I more meant that OP could keep their lead perpetually by not having kids who could top them.

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[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 hours ago

Magritte would like a word

[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 36 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Should have been a gynecologist.
30 min appointments.
40 hr weeks.
80 vaginas per week.
4160 vaginas per year.
Some repeats per year, probs, but not all. Maybe 3000 more per year?
20 year career.
61,000 vaginas.

Of course that probably ruins all joy out of seeing them. But that's a best in bloodline amount of puss.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 hours ago

But that's a best in bloodline amount of puss.

Lmao I'm dying over here

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 25 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

As a working artist, can confirm.

Seeing nude people for work is less fun.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago

I had a part time gig DJing at a strip club for a brief time. It gets old much quicker than people think.

[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 11 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

Some of them will be from healthy, slim 20 year old girls, but some will be from the opposite end of the spectrum 😐

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago

Or speculum, you could say

[–] entwine@programming.dev 4 points 19 hours ago

Blue waffles are a lot more common than you might assume

[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 59 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

We've seen more naked ladies, but touched less.

[–] 5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org 52 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I only ever touched one naked lady. That was 16 years ago. I liked it so much, I never touched another one. She seemed to liked being touched by me too and never left.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 26 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Really hoping this isn't a joke about your mom...

[–] 5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org 84 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Not at all, it’s a joke about your mom.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 29 points 21 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Viceversa@lemmy.world 11 points 21 hours ago

So you two are father and son! So cute!

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 7 points 21 hours ago

In fairness, your mom's so fat it's difficult not to touch her

[–] danciestlobster@lemmy.zip 57 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I hear an alarming large number of people can trace their ancestry back to Genghis Khan and I am not sure you have him beat. Maybe though

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 35 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Oh i forgot about that guy. Its a closer match-up than i thought.

[–] cenzorrll@piefed.ca 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Also, mammals evolved around 300 million years ago, and being generous, clothes were first used 3 million years ago. So the number of generations of your ancestors who didn't see tiddies everyday is a rounding error to the number who did. And they were ALL successful *vaguely waves in your direction*

But during the "walking around naked" times people tended to live in small communities, whereas we have access to thousands of naked people online everyday.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I dunno, even assuming Ghengis had sex every day and his proclivities leaned toward having multiple concubines sent to him at one time, that still doesn't necessarily equal the number of different people someone could cycle through during a session of flogging the bishop. Someone with a high libido could easily pass Khan these days.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 17 hours ago

But he could've organised orgies to increase daily nudes views, optimisation

[–] tinyvoltron@discuss.online 14 points 18 hours ago

Are we talking 400 different women or just 800 total boobs in different situations? This is an important distinction.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago

Men too :smart:

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 20 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Counterpoint: We used to exist without any clothing and saw naked ladies all the time. And naked dudes. And even gasp naked children.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 hours ago

And then we put kids in dresses! Even the boys! Oh! The vapours! ⋆faints dramatically⋆

[–] danciestlobster@lemmy.zip 19 points 21 hours ago

Yes but also probably not a ton outside relatively small tribes so might still be low numbers

[–] PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

But did you see them IN PERSON? How good is your score now, uh?

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 34 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I'm definitely tied for last place unless theres some blindness along the way...

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 6 points 21 hours ago

Or some ultra-Christian middle age stuff against nudity even in the bedroom

[–] johsny@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

I live in a naturist resort, (nudist colony) so I still win, probably.

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[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 10 points 22 hours ago

To be fair, any currently living but older relatives will have had the ability to access high speed internet for just as long as you, but also time with older forms of media as well.

[–] justsomeguy@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago

In the yearbook of your bloodline after the entries for greatest warrior, wisest thinker, kindest soul and many others there will be you, top gooner.

A long unbroken line that dies in a million fruitless nuts.

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It's about quality, noy quantity

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