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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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Can anyone think of similarly generation-defining food items in media?

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Even though it didn't come out until the later part of the 2000s, the Portal cake is probably the official cake of that decade.

[–] silverchase 35 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Better yet, it's based on a real black forest cake from a bakery near Valve

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Would that mean that the cake is not, in fact, a lie?

Or is it a deeper commentary on the realism of a representation of a thing, a la Magritte's The Treachery of Images? The cake is a lie because it's not a cake, it's a representation of a cake.

Doc, this is heavy.

[–] silverchase 7 points 1 day ago

Any black forest cake that's not from Regent Bakery and Cafe is a lie.

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

There's that word again, "heavy". Is there something wrong with gravity in Portal?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I loveeeee a good black forest cake.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

Agreed. The cake is a lie.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

I was watching the screensaver of a Big Buck Hunter arcade cabinet at the bar last night, and one of the minigames involved shooting roaches crawling all over a house. The cake in the kitchen was definitely the Portal cake.