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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: 1

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Donald as a baby name has been steadily dropping in popularity since at least 2000.

You need to search here (can't directly link the result):

https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi

[–] snausagesinablanket 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

My link was bad. This should be closer.

https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/rankchange.html

It quickly reversed in 2022. More likely a statistical anomaly. Why not go up in 2016 to 2020?

[–] Lost_My_Mind 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hey, whoa! C'mon now. We don't know that's yhe reason. Retro cartoons are on the rise. So much so that MeTV just launched a retro cartoons network called "MeToons".

How do we know it's not because of Donald Duck????

[–] snausagesinablanket 2 points 7 months ago
[–] EleventhHour 3 points 7 months ago

uh, oh! hugged to death!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This website is temporarily unavailable. So I can't check their source. How do they claim to be representative across the whole of whatever region they're polling?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's not from polling. It's from the Social Security Administration. I gave a better link in a different fork of this comment thread.

Edit: It's for USA and anyone who applied for an SSN. So everyone but some off-the-grid nutters.

Data Source

All names are from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States after 1879. Note that many people born before 1937 never applied for a Social Security card, so their names are not included in our data. For others who did apply, our records may not show the place of birth, and again their names are not included in our data. All data are from a 100% sample of our records on Social Security card applications as of March 2024.