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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
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

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[–] meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Have you tried handling a limp body before? Crowd surfing works when you spread out your arms and legs and stiffen your body. When they suddenly go floppy, you'll be on the ground fast.

[–] YellowParenti@lemmy.wtf 6 points 1 month ago

The heaviest thing to carry, besides a body, is your emotions and shame. A body is a CLOSE second. Which is why you always move a body with friends! After the whole is dug, shoot your accomplices and just slide their bodies into the hole. Can't go around having people that can testify against you 🤗

[–] thirdBreakfast@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Coming soon to self-driving cars: Grandad comes to visit from Kansas, but he's been dead for five hours.

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

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[–] DrunkAnRoot@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

how long did this take you to make

[–] CocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago
[–] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, that’s just a price you pay for not springing for the premium service.

Now, watch this ad about a funeral service provider in your area before we can open the doors.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

(Insert Delamain Taxi from CP2077)

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

Holy hell!! That is something straight out of the Chevy Chase vacation movie!

[–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 23 points 1 month ago (3 children)

When you die, you'll lack pincher and blatter control. The result will be obvious.

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (4 children)
[–] NachBarcelona@piefed.social 10 points 1 month ago

NGL, I am impressed by this reply.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Yeah you'd probably be up there a while lol

[–] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

In some concerts you’d get peed on anyway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Against

[–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

:) I have to give you this one 🫣

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] demlet@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Nope. It's pincher now.

[–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago
[–] Jumbie@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Pincher and Blatter I: The Surf

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

People would notice once the bowels released.

[–] early_riser@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Now this is a classic shower thought.

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Pretty sure it shouldn't actually be in this community then. I thought the only things that were allowed here were thinly veiled political commentaries.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's pit angels though. Usually one every few metres. They're the big guys, usually tall, often wearing white shirts for some reason. They're the people that manage to clear space in seconds, pick a little person back up off the ground, and get them out of the zone. They're also great at retrieving lost shoes and returning them to the owner before they get surged to a different location. They'd notice a dead crowd surfer instantly.

[–] NachBarcelona@piefed.social 12 points 1 month ago

A hairy, beary angelic dude once pulled me out from behind the barriers at an In Flames concert, back in their Come Clarity (or Reroute?) days. I had landed in front of some speaker fucken skyscraper. The volume was indescribable.

[–] varyingExpertise@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Have you ever held a dying person? You know when it's over.

[–] early_riser@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can speak to this, though with a dog rather than a human. She lost control of her bowels and bladder when she went. I feel for the dude next to me in the waiting room at the vet. He was probably there to get shots for his cat or something and wasn't expecting a dog to buy the farm right there.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I'm sorry dude. That's not a fun thing to remember. My wife and I were camping and the cat up and died of total body failure, but she held on until we got back from camping to finish dying so she could say goodbye to us. Fuck that cat was the sweetest.

Now every time the cat wobbles I get nervous

[–] early_riser@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It was probably the best way she could have gone. She was 13. Her health had been a roller coaster for a few months. She had refused her breakfast that morning, and I knew by the end of that day she'd either be gone or we'd have a date set. I was able to take the day off work to be with her. She was my retired guide dog. My supervisor and coworkers had seen and interacted with her before her retirement, and that made the situation more concrete for them.

She ate a bit of lunch around noon, and I spent quite a while next to her on the floor listening to her breathe. She even seemed to perk up an hour or so before the vet appointment. I was nervously eating a bag of chips and she snapped the crumbs that fell to the floor as quick as ever. She got in the van fine and trotted into the waiting room. We sat down and I swear she looked around, said "Welp, now's a good a time as any", and gave up the ghost. I was obviously devastated but also relieved that she saved me from having to make the hard decision.

[–] Alvaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Yes, but will a crowd in a frenzy know? Not so sure.

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

The opening scene of xXx ends with a corpse getting crowd surfed at Rammstein.

[–] netvor@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Does your shower happen to be built on Indian burial ground?

[–] Pudutr0n@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago
[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Be hard to do before rigor sets in.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago

Isn't this the White House right now?