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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] 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

To get your final spontaneity ability score, you have to multiply base spontaneity by a factor of

     1  
––––––––––––  
1 + 1000 * k  

where k is the number of kids you have.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think you have to also account for the kids' ages. An infant is different than a toddler, teen, or adult child.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

I have left this aspect as an exercise to the reader.

[–] satans_methpipe 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm having a really hard time refuting this equation. It appears to work out even for negative and non-integer values of k

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] satans_methpipe 2 points 3 months ago

Chop off the end of some kids finger.

[–] Wizard_Pope 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Okay but how would one have negative amount of kids??

[–] CookieOfFortune 2 points 3 months ago

Murder. It’s how many kids you’ve murdered. Therefore you will be in prison and have negative spontaneity.

[–] satans_methpipe 1 points 3 months ago

Kill someone else's kid.

[–] SirQuackTheDuck 4 points 3 months ago

Ah yeah, as a DINK, this is a great formula