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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
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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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[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have lived for over a week with less than 0 in my account in college and I've driven my car 150km with the gas light blinking in panic. Your argument is invalid.

[–] Xantar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Big Dick energy right here.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sometimes big dicks get fucked by tiny dicks. Right in the pee hole.

[–] BitchPeas@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Jesus christ.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Sounds like you were fucked. My argument is valid.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can absolutely use all your money. You can even use more money if you have an overdraft

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If people dip into overdraft then they are fucked.

I stand by my shower thought.

[–] algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you mean "and" instead of "or"?

If you have money but no gas, just buy gas. If you don't have money but have gas, then you're just the average American.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Because some people don't have cars. And some people don't have bank accounts. That's why I said "or."

I have that shower thought frequently whenever I realize my bank account is down to the triple digits so that means I can't spend any money just in case because it's always necessary to keep money in the bank due to unforeseen circumstances, which always happen. And also there are a lot of things I'm saving up for so I just can't spend any money at all. And I'm like "What the heck? I earned this money. But I can't spend it."

Same with fuel. You can't have zero gas in your tank ever. Or you will be driving down the freeway one day and run out of gas and that will be a problem.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 3 points 1 year ago

Sounds like someone with very little life experience. You can absolutely do all these things. You can also give money to a relative or spouse for safekeeping while your account gets drained. Whatever floats your boat. Having a self imposed number from which to not touch your money is your choice and its both fine to do or not to do it. Being condescending about it is the problem.

[–] algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Understood, it was a semantics issue.

I've finally gotten out of hitting single digits every month, and it's nice to finally not have to micromanage the order my bills are paid to not overdraft

[–] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I can totally spend all my money. I'll just get more next month. It wouldn't be optimal, but I'd be far from fucked.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago

people who think like that are fucked.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

ITT: people who think fuckedness goes away as long as you don’t acknowledge it