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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:

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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.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Mine touch at sebbin.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

1000 touches.

In french :-)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Touche, ça touche pas

Et touche pas ça touche

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Ha ha je connais celui là 😁

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

3 before my lips touch.

[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What if I say "um" somewhere because I lost my place?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Then it's your fault for not saying "uh" instead!

[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 week ago (2 children)

that's one hell of a water bill if you were in the shower counting to one million.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not if you count using a logarithmic base 10 scale!

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yup, I can't get past 5 in Norwegian.

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

They do if you kiss yourself in the mirror, but only on the lips

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

You can only kiss your lips in the mirror

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Wise man once said.

Another thought to disturb restful slumber, especially if you are vain: in a mirror you can kiss yourself only on the lips.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Geez, how many accounts does Neil have here...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Not enough, Lemmy is embarrassingly credulous at times.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 week ago (5 children)

En, to, tre, fire, fem.

1000000 / 5 = 200000

Here's the proof that Danish is 200.000 times better than English.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

As long as you have that ridiculous "to og en halvfjers" counting system, you do not have a superior system 😉

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Haha! Yeah truth be told, our number system is completely stupid 😂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Besides the number system you got most things under control in Denmark.

You also have one of the greatest shows, Klovn 😂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Well thank you! Although I find Klovn to be too cringe for me, I do agree on the other statement, I feel incredibly lucky to be born here, where even born into unfortunate circumstances, it's still possible to get a successful life.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I have watched every episode, it's hilarious. Episodes ranging from them trying "the godfather of drugs" (heroin), to him stealing a wheelchair. I guess it might be too much for some people though, my wife can not watch it for similar reasons.

I feel the same way about being born in Norway. I come from unfortunate circumstances as you call it, and I am doing well. This is thanks to the extensive free education that I have gotten.

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

In romanian, it ends at 4. Romanian is 25% better than dutch and 250000 times better than english

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[–] neidu3 9 points 1 week ago (5 children)
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago

I love this! It doesn't seem like it could possibly be true, but my 30 seconds of testing haven't debunked it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)

My lips touch when I say one.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

And then they touch for every number until 1 trillion

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Oh shiiit thats trippy!

[–] nore 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Portuguese (Brasil): 1 (um)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Is this this case in Brasil? In european portuguese your lips don't touch for um

[–] nore 1 points 6 days ago

Yeah, forgot to specify ;P

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (5 children)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

!remindme sixty years when i confirm

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

there was this one but it had to be whitelisted and i didnt want to spam so i just faked it :)

https://github.com/PangoraWeb/remindme-bot

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

Made me silently count to ten to confirm. Mind expanded.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Joke's on you, I'm Roman.
My lips already touch at 𝕄.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Mine touch at pebenty peben.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Egy, kettő, három

3 in hungarian

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Un deux trois... Mille ! In French (France 🇫🇷) 1000 before lips touch.

... Soixante-neuf, septante ! In French (Switzerland 🇨🇭) 70! (in France it's soixante-dix 😂)

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