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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] 5 points 1 hour ago

A real clown would of had a 'yes then' for Glass's joke

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

Jack had great parents from what I gather. I don't think his demons are all that loud.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Supportive upbringing is a helluva drug

[–] [email protected] 12 points 20 hours ago

Millions of dollars also doesn't hurt.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I fear for him. I don't want another Robin Williams event

[–] fsxylo 8 points 17 hours ago

Robin Williams had a chronic disease with a horrible outcome. Guy went out on a high note, all things considered.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I used to think the same about Robin Williams until he killed himself. 😥

Depression is fucked and some people are really good at hiding behind humor.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago

Robin Williams killed himself due to early onset dementia from brain disease: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Williams#Death.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You don't know he's not depressed. Remember Robin.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I thought the depression rumor was debunked? Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Robin get a dementia diagnosis, and thus chose to go out on his own terms, rather than slowly rot away?

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Half right - he did battle depression his entire life, and he was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson's not too long before committing suicide. There's really no way to prove which one influenced his decision more, but it was likely because of both.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] explodicle 14 points 1 day ago

Oof

Depression. People with Lewy body dementia might develop depression.

So he already had depression, and then got a disease that causes depression.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If not dementia, it was a similarly debilitating condition. Wanted to dip on his own terms before he became a husk of himself.

RIP Rob, you were the GOAT.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago

It was Lewy Body Dementia. He had periods of lucidity and in one of those decided that he no longer wanted to live as a prisoner in his own body, and a burden to his family because for all intents and purposes his life as a functioning human was over.

Honestly his entire circumstance is a shining example of why we need a death with dignity law.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

It was Lewy Body Dementia, I remember because my grandma had it. It’s non-hereditary thankfully, but just as debilitating as Alzheimer’s.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

Reese Witherspoon, she's the prom queen
Bill Gates, captain of the chess team
Jack Black, the clown
and Brad Pitt, the quarterback
Seen it all before
(I want my money back)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

The whole damn world is just as obsessed with who's the best dressed, and who's having sex!

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (16 children)

from what i remember he stopped his band because his friend made a trump joke. safe to say he has no feelings at all.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, safe to say you don't know why the joke was an issue. It wasn't a "Trump joke", it was an "endorsing assasaination" joke.

Yeah, it's a joke, yeah it was funny to me personally (I might have made the same joke), but you cannot say certain jokes publicly as a public figure.

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

Trump does.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Jack Black killed the metal

[–] [email protected] 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

YOU CANNOT KILL THE METAL

But really, Jack and Kyle said the D will return last I heard

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

I dunno, that limp spined shit earlier this year (or was it last year now?) kinda killed any love I felt for Jack Black. He became an avatar of the "we need to be better persons and treat the rising fascist movement with the same respect and legitimacy as any other political movement" that the Democrats were following until Harris finally started running a real campaign against Trump.

Ironically enough, his considering ending Tenacious D out loud over that comment killed off the part of me that was upset he'd end Tenacious D over that comment.

Though I am curious if he came to regret speaking out about that and how quickly he got there.

[–] [email protected] 119 points 1 day ago (16 children)

I mean do you know for a fact he isn't depressed? Comedians tend to do a pretty good job covering it up.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I don't even care that much about the band stuff. I liked his movies when he was little, and when he started a gaming channel I realized I now find him very annoying. He comes across as full of himself and desperate for attention.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I mean... He's an entertainer. I think most entertainers are attention seekers. That's why they got into it in the first place; for the attention.

Then again, he could have just grown up that way because he was a child actor.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago

He throws his friends under the bus

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