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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.

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It's tubes all the way down

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[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Mathematically, we're a torus.

[–] blackbelt352@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Specifically a genus 5-7 torus, (depending on lacrimal ducts) and assuming no piercings or other hole creating body modifications

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

Sounds like tube talk to me...

[–] teft@piefed.social 7 points 2 weeks ago

Topologically we're all just donuts.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

I'm just a really long tube with opinions

[–] qualia@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You think that's bad, I've got minerals as scaffolding so my worm muscles can engage in upright locomotion.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago

Those are the filling of your appendage meat tubes. ALL TUBES.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

We are a walking biological chemistry experiment shaped vaguely like a bugle.

[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm sure you're pretty on the outside. Only surgeons care about your tubes.

Also did you know that the best way to reach the brain arteries is to go through a vein in the thighs? That's a lot of tubes!

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I see through your lies. You only want me for my tubes!

[–] joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have no tube and I must scream

[–] joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

I went to look for a picture of pauly shore saying tubular and found out that he's going to be playing richard simmons in an upcoming biopic only i read it as gene simmons and somehow it still sounded pretty hilarious anyways I've been hitting the smoky tube

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not all worms and tubes. My mom would certainly have told me.. she wouldn't have kept something like that from me.. MOM?!

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

Your mothers a tube

[–] fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip 3 points 2 weeks ago

well i fuckin do like it

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's also a fair bit of goops of different kinds.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Underwear gravy

[–] Magister@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

It reminds me of the talking meat story

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

We're all tubes finding things to put in one end and finding places to put what comes out the other.

[–] FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just a buncha flesh donuts

[–] sunsofold@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today -1 points 2 weeks ago

its called a gordian knot, if you know horsehair worms they all tangle like a ball to mate in the water.