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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.

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You either know what cute aggression is, and understand it...or you think the concept makes a person sound like a future serial killer who's going around squeezing the life out of puppies. (lemmy.world)
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I tried to explain the concept of cute aggression to someone who's never experienced it before. It did not go well. They thought I wanted to hurt puppies.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, it's when you see a cute thing, like a puppy. And it makes you want to shake the puppy and hug him so tight that his body turns into liquefied puppy batter that splatters all over your face.

.....I'm bad at explaining things.

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[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Yep, I get it. Think I have it, used to have a very independent tomcat living with me (he was not my pet, they were all my flatmates, one of the dogs was my brother, so you get an idea of the type of relationships going on). We got along very well, but he LOVED to play-hunt me around the apartment (he had a lot of verticality at his disposal), so much so that he became that lovable sort of annoying. He'd hop in my lap and I'd get that urge to lovingly squish his brains out when massaging his face (he also loved this=))) ).

Or how I'd hug my first cat Maia, a very Bothered™ and aloof individual in general, giving her a tight but benign squeeze, or would hold her for a couple more seconds once she'd had enough of the touching, already!:))

On the flipside, Ralph, the German Shepherd who was also my brother, loved doing this to me! He'd drop me to the ground, then would sit on me (he was a big boy, and I was ~30cm shorter at the time=)) ), or he'd paw me heavily when I started annoying him by pretending to ignore him, stuff like that:))) Oh! And he loved chewing mum's hair because he knew she hated it=))))