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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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    • 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
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[–] magnetichuman@fedia.io 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 hour ago

That sounds terrifying.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Bavarian Motor Yurks Bavarian Motor Zurks

[–] rapchee@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

stray spinoff?

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

Bicycle Motor-Yoss Bicycle Motor Zoss

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 18 hours ago (2 children)
[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 17 hours ago
[–] markz@suppo.fi 3 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Okay, but how about BMA, BMB, and BMC?

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] markz@suppo.fi 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Okay, but how about BMD, BME, and BMF?

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 3 points 6 hours ago

Whoa whoa whoa
Calm down there, pal. Let's not get ahead of ourselves...

[–] the_grass_trainer@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

BMC is a job + rank in the Navy. Boatswain's Mate Chief.

Correct me, if I am wrong, but it is because BMW is a abbreviation for the automobile corporations' founder(s) & BMX is a abbreviation for the dirt bicycling racing. Without any corrections given...
So what would you think replacing-
BMW's W with a Y mean? What would Y & BMX's X with a Z mean? What would Z

be abbreviations for & how would think they work with the other words, within each abbreviation (hope that understood)?