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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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As a European it's now 4th July, so felt it was the right time to post

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

To be fair, that's everyday. People don't limit their firework usage to the Fourth.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Always some going off in early July and late June.

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

For real. Round these parts we get mortars going off for about a week surrounding literally any holiday.

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

Don't you have laws? Fireworks are only legal to the public for the new year in most of France.

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

Those laws are handled by individual states, and all states’ laws are not equally sane.

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

And even within those states, different cities have different rules