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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
  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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Edit: I guess because that sounds a lot like underpants.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Its actually Ungrateful Colonists Insurgence Day.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 16 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

What I don't get is why you guys drink and let off fireworks like you have healthcare.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 13 hours ago

I miss Apu Nahasapeemapetilon :(

[–] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

The fireworks are due to a line in the star spangled banner

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 0 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, Im sure people are thinking so much about that line as they pop the top off their 14th bottle of bud and watch their 6 year old fumble a lit mortar shell

People just like being dumbasses and blowing shit up. In my city one of the more common activities is firing live rounds from handguns into the air. People get hit every year by falling bullets. Its just dumb shit plain and simple. Im so glad to live in a place now where the fire danger means no fireworks on the 4th every year. Its legitimately a more enjoyable holiday even if you cant blow shit up

[–] SassyRamen@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago

We didn't screw up, the rich one, but that were never playing the same game. Not only were they playing a different game from the rest of us, but cheating at it as well.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 6 points 21 hours ago

I mean the "in" stand for "not", like how the "in" in "inconclusive" makes it "not conclusive". While "un" also mean "not", it's hard to argue that "undependent" read better than "independent".

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Sometimes I wonder about if the US had stayed a colony longer. Slavery probably would have ended sooner. Probably have a better government structure.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The US wasn’t a colony. It was 13 colonies that united.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 points 10 hours ago

Technically correct, the best kind of correct