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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:

Rules

  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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[–] teft@piefed.social 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Phrasal verbs are weird. Get up has even more definitions:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/get_up

[–] AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

May I draw your attention to the humble single word “set” which has 48 definitions?

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Try "run". :)

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago

I saw a bumper sticker yesterday that was a PG-rated version of an old slogan: MAKE OUT, NOT WAR

[–] cloudless@piefed.social 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

English is a weird language.

[–] ray@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 weeks ago

It's definitely not as straightforward as it's made out to be

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 5 points 3 weeks ago

"Make out" makes out so many things.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 5 points 3 weeks ago

I made out like a bandit!

...stupid sexy bandit

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Some of those feel made up.

[–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

They all seemed legit to me.