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

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[–] nycki 34 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's a digital image of a painting!

(Six, if you fold the pages back.)

[–] A_A 8 points 6 months ago

... or a web link to the digital image ... but, a link is a pipe, so ... Ceci est une pipe !

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago

The famous pipe. How people reproached me for it! And yet, could you stuff my pipe? No, it's just a representation, is it not? So if I had written on my picture "This is a pipe", I'd have been lying!

— René Magritte

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This one took me a minute. But yes, it's not. Don't linger on that thought too long, though. The words that you read right now... are those my words?

[–] Klear 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Am I the one writing this comment or the one reading it?

[–] rtxn 2 points 6 months ago

If you immediately know that the caldlelight is fire, then the meal was cooked a long time ago.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I love the (currently one) down vote on your post. Clearly not a connoisseur of René's work.

Your shower thought on the other hand is on point!

Nicely done.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Agreed. OP did well.

And it's an opportunity for me to re-post this seminal picture (or, one instance of it):

Image by Wendy D. Stolyarov

[–] Klear 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

😆 that's a good one! I haven't seen it before, and I thought I'd gone through all of them (to date)! Cheers!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I have never seen that! I wish I could upvote you twice, you wonderful person.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://www.piped.video/watch?v=Lh8z9fFJgVA

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] Resol 14 points 6 months ago

It really isn't, because this is what I see:

If you use Jerboa, don't be fooled, the image I uploaded isn't actually broken. This is just what broken images look like.