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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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Hanging out with my nieces/nephews I now understand most the discipline I received as a child was most likely because I was being annoying and nothing to do with right or wrong. (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 8 months ago by Daft_ish to c/showerthoughts

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

not everyone can do it

Also good to remember that almost nobody can do it everyday. It's definitely good to be consistent with one's approach, however all parents are human and will lose patience at times.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

That's why they say 'it takes a village to raise one child.'

Kids don't have a brain filter. If they hear opera, they'll sing opera. If they hear cigarette commercials, that's what they'll sing.

edit = I picked the most obnoxious songs I could think of. Didn't think I'd start a nostalgia/mandala effect thread

[–] Daft_ish 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Cigarette commercials? This man is straight from the 60s.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh bless your heart. We had cigarette commercials into the 90s.

[–] Daft_ish 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Talking radio? I dunno, I don't remember them and according the the magic box in my hand legislation banning them passed in the 70s. I'm no expert.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3i3yx4

[–] Daft_ish 1 points 8 months ago

Interesting

[–] Daft_ish 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is that a radio jingle?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh sorry I was clicking through before I saw your comment, I must have clicked off the Winston one when I copied the link https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7zw3ss

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Apparently there’s a whole glitch in the matrix deal around this, because other people remember seeing them too (I saw a post on reddit) and I wasn’t born much before the 90s. I definitely remember Virginia slim commercials like back to back with RC cola ads during the daytime. I wonder if it was maybe from recorded vhs tapes or something because I can legit picture seeing these ads on tv in my childhood home.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I share your recollection, and I'm thinking VHS recordings may be the explanation.

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

It’s the only reasonable explanation I can come up with. The weird part is (it must just be tied to when I saw them?) they were decidedly in like a late 80s early 90s style. I’m mystified.

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

I made the original comment.

I picked 'cigarette commercials' because that seemed like the most obnoxious thing a kid could sing.

Wasn't expecting to get people focused on that.

Who knew?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Apologies haha. Let’s get back to blaming the children!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Speaking as a former child myself, I can say that they are in fact terrible people with absolutely no boundaries.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

true that... some of my darkest hours