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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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[–] Nomad 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know that dude that bet he could recognize toilet paper brands by taste? He won that bet.

Also the reason paper tastes sweet is xylotol (wood sugar). It has some amazing properties and is edible in small doses.

[–] Kissaki@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How small is small? And what happens beyond it?

[–] Nomad 11 points 1 year ago

Enought for most chewing gum. After about two tea spoons I start shitting my brains out. That warning on tic tacs about not earing too much at once? Thats for the xylotol inside.

[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's a video (below) where they make rice crispies with sawdust as an added ingredient. Like 10-30% sawdust was fine and just affected the texture. It wasn't until 50% sawdust that they tasted bad. https://youtu.be/AKDal51f5LU?si=79LBDaYnRmLa1cSn

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