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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. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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Everyone be using the eggplant emoji as a penis euphemism, I have two thoughts on this ... (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by LemmyKnowsBest to c/showerthoughts

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over time this might affect our collective consciousness in regards to the purpose & function of the eggplant; and
can we please just get a straightforward penis emoji already?? Half the human population has a penis attached to their bodies anyway, why are we still so prude about incorporating actual penises into mainstream vernacular & daily life?

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[–] TwilightVulpine 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't help that social media censorship is leading to a more constrained language, if anything. Not only profanities are either censored or shadowbanned by some platform algorithms, there's also general use words for sensitive topics such as suicide, abortion and the like.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Hey as long as we ignore these problems they’ll simply evaporate. Er sorry, my bad. They’ll unexist.