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

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts: 1

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[–] pontata 59 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just one more lane bro and we fix traffic, trust me.

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

I think people downvoting this didn't spot the sarcasm.

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[–] EdibleFriend 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Oh good. This is gonna be just like reddit. Things that are literally decades old.

[–] Scarronline 76 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't reddit content just a reflection of people, and people also exist on this platform

[–] EdibleFriend 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You aren't stuck on Reddit. You are the Reddit.

[–] EdibleFriend 20 points 1 year ago

Oh....oh God...

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Did you expect people would really change compared to how they acted on Reddit?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

What's wrong with this post?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemmy isn't reddit, but whatever it is, they're both the internet.

[–] EdibleFriend 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Be the traffic you want to become.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Ahh, the Lemmy meme.

[–] MargotRobbie 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You aren't shitposting in Lemmy, you ARE the Lemmy!

[–] Sir_Simon_Spamalot 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

You are the shitpost in Lemmy!

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, I am the main character. The world happens to me, get these NPCs out of my way.

[–] havokdj 6 points 1 year ago

Jesus Christ has come for his second resurrection, and his name is Intl

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We do not live in a society. We are a society. 😔

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[–] fubo 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You aren't in an orgy. You are the orgy.

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[–] scarabic 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So then what’s happening when I drive and there’s no traffic? Am I nothing???!

[–] Salad_Fries 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Youre never “nothing”… youre always something special! I promise :)

Example: when there is no traffic, youre still a noise & particulate generator that lowers property values, warms our planet, and makes the built environment more hostile/dangerous and depressing for everyone nearby.

[–] scarabic 7 points 1 year ago

Whew thank god. Who cares if I’m ruining everything as long as I exist!

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

The traffic is stuck in the traffic🚦

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[–] dangblingus 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You were watching Not Just Bikes in the shower?

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[–] malloc 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Been working remote since onset of pandemic. Never going back to the office bro. Couldn't pay me enough to share the roads with the rest of the grinders.

So many hours wasted in traffic.

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[–] PowerGloveSoBad 9 points 1 year ago

State Anthem of the Soviet Union plays in background

[–] notExactlyI20 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

mmm yes, the traffic is made out of traffic

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

"I'm stuck in traffic" implies they aren't part of it but that it is something that is happening to them.

You're not stuck in it, you are it.

[–] thisNotMyName 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is not not enough parking, there are too many cars

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[–] maniacal_gaff 8 points 1 year ago

This is a Bill Burr bit.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

They're not mutually exclusive states. You can be part of the traffic, but if you can't get out, you're still stuck in it. You're part of traffic but not stuck in it if and only if you have the opportunity to exit the traffic experience.

[–] Lemminary 6 points 1 year ago

Now I'm stuck in the damn traffic that I've helped damn create. Dammit!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

No wonder I hate myself.

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