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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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[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 49 points 2 weeks ago

OP has been sitting on this post for 10 years

[–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

There's a comedy band called Lonely Island that takes this thought to the extreme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Otla5157c

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

You Oughtta Look Out

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Two words about furniture:

Killing machines

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] kautau@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Devastating Pyrotechnics

It makes it way worse that this was the name of the company

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Would it have been better if they were named "Safe Pyrotechnics"?

[–] DBT@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

People still say yolo?

[–] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We don't actually know if that's true, though.

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If we come back then as completely different persons, without any memories of the past life. Kind of like a reused canvas. This makes every life unique

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Robbing a bank

~~Hands in the fucking air!~~ X

"YOLO" ✓

[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 4 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)
[–] ytsedude@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 2 points 2 weeks ago

No one lives forever, miss Archer.

[–] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

It's a county in the central valley of California where a firework warehouse recently exploded

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

congratulations on escaping the 10s unscathed. go listen to some underground music and never look back

[–] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yogurt over love only

[–] zxqwas@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

You live every day. You only die once though.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

the band Weyes Blood has a song that you'd never guess is using YOLO as a background harmony while singing about the end of days. The video is just silly mockery of the whole idea.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X_UKDPR7k_E

Her music is an odd combo of psychedelic, 1970s Crystal Gail, 2000s angst but mostly pure cynicism. She is one of a kind for sure. Her videos are silly awesome and unsuspecting.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Weyes Blood is phenomenal. I've never really looked into her back catalog much though, this was funny to see. Speaking of her music videos, Twin Flame is one of my favorites

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

haha I hadn't noticed this video!

The Andromeda video is fuckin funny too... like a space explorer is stuck on a empty world and prays for divine intervention

but the intervention they got is a comet that comes to kill them

lol that crazy chick

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

That hope can also be a good reason not to do those things to be fair.

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 weeks ago

the problem is that would almost certainly decrease the number wearing seatbelts