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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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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
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[–] neblem 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

True, that's why you have to appreciate that all that glitters is gold.

[–] Knightfall 8 points 2 years ago

But, only shootin' stars will break the mold.

[–] BeMoreCareful 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The years go fast, but the days go so slow.

Modest Mouse

[–] Classy 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm wearin' myself a T-shirt That says "The world is my ashtray" Our hearts pump dust And our hair's all gray And I just got a message that says "Yeah, hell has frozen over" I got a phone call from the Lord sayin' "Hey, boy, get a sweater, right now!"

[–] PillowTalk420 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"THIS PLANE IS DEFINITELY CRASHING!" - Modest Mouse on current affairs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb.

Smash Mouth

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Right wing, left wing, chicken wing

modest mouse

[–] AgedCheddar 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And they don't stop coming

[–] LemmyFeed 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And they don't stop coming

[–] davidgro 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And they don't stop coming

[–] KevinNoodle 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And they don’t stop coming

[–] rezz 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

And they don’t stop coming

[–] Monster96 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And they don't stop coming

[–] MetaCubed 2 points 2 years ago

And they don't stop coming

[–] rezz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[–] Tenshi 1 points 2 years ago

And they don't stop coming

[–] sirtwinklebottom 14 points 2 years ago

And your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb.

[–] iRyu 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wish they would stop coming sometimes

[–] Ambiorickx 10 points 2 years ago

They will, eventually.

[–] simplecyphers 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Stupid linear time. All my homies hate linear time.

[–] PillowTalk420 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Some of my homies include wormhole aliens, and they don't even understand linear time.

[–] simplecyphers 2 points 2 years ago

All my homies have 7 legs and speak in ink rings that float.

[–] Zenith25 6 points 2 years ago

The trick is to stop counting, then it doesn’t matter so much.

[–] AcidOctopus 5 points 2 years ago

Smash Mouth were always the heroes we deserved, but not the ones we needed...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] nbdjd 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] KingMob 2 points 2 years ago
[–] JackGreenEarth 4 points 2 years ago

But Blue Oyster Cult were practicing faulty logic with

Seasons don't fear the reaper

First of all, how can you know that?

Second of all, even assuming that they don't, how does that imply that

We can be they they are

Returning to

So do the sun, the wind, and the rain

It would indeed be logical for all these things, including seasons, to fear the reaper if they do feel emotions (which there is no way to know one way or another), as they all depend on the sun existing, and the sun will blow up in about 4 billion years, so seasons, the sun, the wind, and the rain will succumb to the reaper like the rest of us.