Showerthoughts

30454 readers

250 users here now

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

Rules

All posts must be showerthoughts
The entire showerthought must be in the title
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
- If you feel strongly that you want politics back, please volunteer as a mod.
Posts must be original/unique
Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct

If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.

Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report the message goes away and you never worry about it.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

vatlark

forkball

Thekingoflorda

234

The best “I told you so”s are the ones where you never have to say “I told you so” because the other person clearly knows you told them so (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 3 weeks ago by jqubed to c/showerthoughts

49 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Not actually a shower thought; this occurred while waiting in line to cross the border from Canada back to the US. In fact, I had a double “I told you so” for my wife in that line, and she clearly knew it. The past 3 years we’ve visited my wife’s parents over the holidays but I’ve always said I want to get back across the border before New Year’s Day in part because traffic would be better, but this year with the dates she convinced me and insisted we never have to wait at Champlain so it would be fine. As we approached the border and message signs announced waits exceeding an hour I had my first one. Then as we were waiting in line I noticed there was basically no line for the NEXUS lane, which I’ve been pushing for years but she felt we didn’t need because the application sounded complicated and “we never have to wait” at border crossings.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Lost_My_Mind 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, but you gotta look smug.

"Oh, me? I didn't say anything!"

"You know damn well what you want to say! Go ahead! Say it! Say what you want!"

"I'm sure I haven't a clue what you're talking about."

With your nose in the air, and a grin on your face.

"Heavens to betsy, I do declaire the wait at this border is quite high, wouldn't you saaaaaaaay dear?"

I don't know why I envision you, regardless of gender, transitioning more and more into a victorian era elitist woman.

Wearing one of those big poofy dresses that gets real skinny at the waist, but then balloons at the hips, like there's a hula hoop under her dress. That sort of thing.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

😂 I'm working on taming my inner beasts. I imagine it's a lifetime endeavor (and I also imagine for some, excessive humility can be a wild beast).

Those skirts did have hoops! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoop_skirt

[–] Lost_My_Mind 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Oh my god......it's like I'm looking at the skirts BONES!!!! It looks so weird. It IS so weird!!! Why did they invent this???

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Funny you should say that - as a matter of fact, whale bone was frequently used in women’s dresses and corsets back in those times.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

According to the wiki, to keep heavy skirts and petticoats away from the body so they weren't as hot, corsets, bustiers, girdles and heels are other torture devices are mind-boggling. I understand brasseries, though.