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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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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[–] Rick 226 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Lemmings is the obvious choice

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, I'm willing to follow all of you off a cliff.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Did you know, the famous shot of lemmings falling of a cliff in the documentary that started the ideas that lemmings will just die following their peers off a cliff was actually a bunch of documentary makers pushing a bunch of lemming off of it to make a cool shot and not actual lemmings behavior ? You probably did actually...

[–] GeoGio7 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is this legit? Do you have a source I could read? If this is real that's so effed

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

heard about it on jre, didn't even attempt to verify, so no sauce but a trust me bro, this version of the story has little enough consequences and aligns with my beliefs enough that I don't mind believing it even if it isn't true

[–] GeoGio7 4 points 1 year ago

No offense but that doesn't seem like a good mentality to have...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can find it on the wikipedia page of the film, but if you search for it on the internet you find a ton of sources https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Wilderness_(film)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I head heard that... Super depressing. =(

[–] randyleram 8 points 1 year ago
[–] Stuka 7 points 1 year ago

I'll stand by this till the end.

[–] Megaphauna 5 points 1 year ago

Lemming and proud