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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.

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Every phone call you make with just the mic near your mouth and the speaker near your ear, you are having a conversational 69 where both of you are placing your mouths next to each other's ears. (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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Every phone call you make with just the mic near your mouth and the speaker near your ear, you are whispering into the ear of the person you are calling.

If the person who answers with the mic near their mouth and the speaker near their ear is doing the same thing. It's like having a conversational 69 where both of you are placing your mouths next to each other's ears.

It sounds sexual and sensual if you are talking to someone you might be interested in ... but it gets a bit awkward if you imagine doing this with a random stranger you would never usually want to get close to.

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[–] ohwhatfollyisman 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

topologically, though, isn't that just the same as all speaking and listening? it's all mouth to ear.

if anything, force-fitting 69 seems unduly contrived. like if you shake someone by the hand, the top of your palm 69's the bottom of theirs. or if you give them a high-five, it's the forefinger and pinky.

or if you respond to this comment, we'll be 69ing each other's eyes with our fingers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

topologically, though, isn’t that just the same as all speaking and listening? it’s all mouth to ear.

True ... if we were standing together in the same room and having a conversation, it would just be a normal chat where we would both be standing about arms length away from each other.

But I thought the idea of a phone conversation was weird a few days ago. You speak into a mic that is very close to your mouth and your voice is transmitted to a speaker that is pressed up against the ear of the listener ... and they are doing the same from their perspective.

It would be like if we were both in the same room again and having a conversation .. except this time, we decide to lie on the floor ... where I would be upside down from you and you the same to me .. and you position your head really close to mine and I speak really close into your ear and you do the same with mine ... we have this conversation so intimately that our cheeks touch the entire time.