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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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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

Not disagreeing but I don't think it's appropriate to refer to one twin as a "half"

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Afaik it's pretty common to call twin~~k~~s "halfs", conjoined or not. I'm a twin, and I've been asked about "my other half" my whole life. Same thing with couples, or any two people who are perceived as belonging together for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

it's pretty common to call twinks "half's"

That is a brilliant typo

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Can't hide my gaming history 😅

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

I get that old reference, but these days and much more broadly, twink is for a term for a gay man with a certain body type, or other physical characteristics.

So you might get some odd looks using that in public.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

It's half a set of twins. It's okay.

I don't speak for my clone, let alone all twins. But I don't care. I rode a bike down the side of a highway with no helmet as the logging trucks passed us by: this label will not hurt me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

The person per person count is slightly skewed for conjoined twins :)