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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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  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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[–] four@lemmy.zip 65 points 2 months ago (4 children)

If vegans eat only plants, that makes them plants, thus if you eat them you are still just vegan, because you as well eat only plants.

Happy to help

[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Cows are vegan so this makes then fair game too

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

But plants eat sunlight so cows are sunlight too and you are actually photosynthesizing. Vegan+

Everything is either carbon, water or both

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I thought plants eat dirt and poop out oxygen, meaning cows are dirty gasholes

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Much of the plant body is carbon from the carbon dioxide they eat and they only eats minerals that come along water in soil without eating dirt.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm really sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but modern livestock feeds aren't all vegan.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago

Antelope eats vegetation, which means antelope is a vegan and a vegetable. Tiger eats vegetable-lope, which means tiger is also a vegetable and a vegan.

Pig eats cheese, which was produced by the milk of a cow, which is a vegetable because the cow eats vegetables. Milk is therefore a product of a vegetable, making it vegan.

It's vegetables all the way down.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 5 points 2 months ago

Works for me.

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 9 points 2 months ago

Transitive af

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2 points 2 months ago

just when I thought my mind could not be blown more

[–] __siru__@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 month ago

I am glad to have lived in a time in history where I could witniss this exchange.

[–] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

i’ve never once turned into a pizza and i feel like i’ve been scammed

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

you're a little cheesy tho

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Possibly doughy and saucy, too.

[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago
[–] teft@piefed.social 12 points 2 months ago

If the vegan consents to being eaten then you’re fully vegan.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago

If the vegans consent, you're still vegan.

[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

I think that makes you a "humanitarian".

[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Schrodinger's ~~c~~eat

That's... that's not how it works!

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

Microbes eat filth, so they are filth. Bugs eat the microbes, so bugs are also filth by extension. Rats eat those bugs, foxes eat the rats, humans eat the foxes etc. It’s just filth all the way.

[–] Pissmidget@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Be mindful of the veganibals

[–] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd say only if it's consensual.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Oh, you're such a well mannered cannibal!

Shrodinger's cannibal.

[–] tate@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago

You are what you eat...
and so is your poop