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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 most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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[–] Hobbes_Dent 53 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] Iheartcheese 9 points 4 months ago

That will be three bloods please

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It was right there, c'mon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I was high.

[–] reddig33 19 points 4 months ago (3 children)
[–] felixwhynot 13 points 4 months ago

Its called a transpoosion

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Now this is the enshittification I can support!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I can get behind that!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Yeah, I couldn't give a shit, but after that miraculous surgery, I'm full of shit again!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Bloodletting is actually still used to treat some diseases - for example it is the primary way to treat Haemochromatosis. Until recently, in the UK at least, people with this condition couldn't donate blood, so it was just thrown away like back then too - though more recently they started allowing donations to help treat hospitalised anaemia.

[–] SomeGuy69 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Also if you count blood donations, it's currently the only known way to reduce forever chemicals in your blood.

[–] gsfraley 2 points 4 months ago

Wish I could donate blood, but alas, I'm on some prescriptions that would make the recipient unhappy, and I'm not about to try not-professionally-conducted bloodletting.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Yup, I'm on testosterone and have to have "therapeutic phlebotomy" every so often. That's just a fancy name for bloodletting

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

They actually still do bloodletting, and even use leeches to do it.

[–] thedirtyknapkin 1 points 4 months ago