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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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[–] remon@ani.social 20 points 1 day ago

Did you know there are more aeroplanes in the ocean than submarines in the sky?

[–] not_me@piefed.social 11 points 1 day ago
[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago

yes or iraq for that matter. Wierder still is you don't see many murdered folk walking around anymore.

[–] fulcrummed@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Benefit of the doubt: do you mean you doubt there are many people alive who FOUGHT in WWII?

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 7 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I'm nearly certain that nobody who died in WW2 is alive today

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I suppose it depends on how they died. People have come back from the "dead" before (heart stopped, declared dead, heart starts again kinda shit), and people who fought in WW2 could still be alive. The overlap may be incredibly small, but it's possible.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago

The town next to me has a very large cemetery, but nobody living in my town is allowed to be buried there.

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 6 points 1 day ago

As a great piece of art once said, "Young man, there's no need to feel down."

Such is history.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Fun fact: There are just as many living today as there were in the 1960s!

[–] pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago
[–] Archer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

For the love of all that is good please let me ignore negative karma posts in Voyager

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

I see there are many variations of this joke.

[–] nomorebillboards@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago
[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago

When I was in school, a teacher told us about how Bill Cosby's son died. One of my classmates asked, after hearing the story, "is Bill Cosby's son still alive?"

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The lost generation is truly lost (WWI gen)