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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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[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who bother interrupting the flow from jar directly to mouth?

[–] sunsofold@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're still doing jars? Why not order from the manufacturer and get an IBC for over your bed?

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why not directly drink a gallin of palm oil?

[–] sunsofold@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Palm oil isn't the drug we're all addicted to.

[–] teft@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I respectfully disagree.

At papa johns in colombia they have nutella rolls. They're basically garlic knots but instead of garlic they use nutella. They're amazing.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

anyone remember when Nutella wasn't made with palm oil?

miss it. it isn't the same anymore

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Nutella is almost 80% sugar & palm oil. There's a reason it tastes great but is a health disaster.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wonder if things taste different because I grew up or because it is all enshitified beyond recognition

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

Could be one, could be both, could be another factor in combination.
Me, as a middle-aged person who's worked on healthy eating habits for a long time, I do like to go back and sample stuff I liked as a younger person. And if certain stuff tastes good, I'll keep bags / containers of goodies around that I can have as occasional treats.

Enshitificacion (sp?) is definitely a thing, with a small group of owners owning the vast majority of brands like a monopoly, able to shave off quality from almost their entire line of products in order to squeeze out more quarterly profit.

That said, I still find certain stuff tasty. Dove chocolate bites, Werther's caramel candies, generic store-brand shortbread cookies, Lifesavers fruit candies. It may be that some stuff has such basic ingredients that it's hard to screw it up, I dunno.

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I prefer my all natural 30% butter, 10% whole milk, 10% cocoa, 10% hazelnut, 40% cane sugar and honey, healthy alternative

Its not the ingredients necessarily, its the proportions

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

"Healthy alternative." oO

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

They came up with a vegan one that briefly didn't have palm oil and then changed it to palm oil.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, because it's used palm oil my entire life. It tastes different because they use less cocoa and more milk now.

I might be older that you...

I googled when they changed to palm oil and apparently they always used palm oil. I was wrong. they still changed the recipe in 2017 to make it cheaper, but it wasn't the palm oil.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds like what's happened to many of the peanut butters, turning them into "peanut butter spread" (generally characterized by less than 90% peanuts and added oils).

I miss being a child, and I had the bizzare notion that everything will improve, instead nothing is free from enshitification

[–] iamericandre@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I had a Nutella croissant recently and that was pretty damn tasty too

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

tbf croissants are tasty with everything

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

Incorrect.

Real answer: Fingers directly into the jar of Nutella.

[–] Sv443@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

yeah .... fingers .......

[–] Rumo161@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

Pretzel roll with a lot of butter and a lot of nutella. I all seriousness thats peak performance.

[–] xytaruka@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Crepes is quite good but im lazy and mostly i just slather it on a tortilla, shout out to my mom who did this.

[–] yuki_gassen@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Japanese thick white toast

[–] Nemoder@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Not bad but I still say chocolate graham crackers is the best nutella combo.

[–] sunsofold@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago

I've always enjoyed it on honeyed brown rice cakes. There's something to be said for the textural contrast of crispy vs unctuous.