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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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The type of people that say :3 are the same kind that like ASCII more than emojis, so I guess it makes sense why I don't think I've ever seen it used.

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[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world 51 points 18 hours ago

:3 is 😺 not πŸ˜—

[–] Object@sh.itjust.works 38 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

πŸ˜™ is more of a kiss though

:3 is more like :3

[–] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 15 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

And πŸ˜™ is more like:

That has a 98% chance of being Oglaf. I'd recognise that art style anywhere.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 18 points 16 hours ago

That's not :3, that's :m

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 22 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

As others have said they're not really the same thing at all. :3 is like a cat smile.

I use it though for a chef's kiss

πŸ˜—πŸ‘Œ or πŸ˜™πŸ‘Œ

[–] TheMonk@lemmings.world 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

I thought the kissy face was ;^v back in the net two days

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Oh I don't think I remember that one, for me it was always something along the lines of

;-*

[–] TheMonk@lemmings.world 2 points 14 hours ago

Oh you’re right lol I edited that comment like three times because it didn’t seem right. The asterisk is def the original kissy face

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 17 hours ago

to me πŸ˜— looks like childish cutely mumbling bad curses under one’s breath

[–] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 13 hours ago

πŸ˜— reminds me of Rick and Morty

[–] iii@mander.xyz 2 points 11 hours ago
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 14 hours ago

To me that emoji is this face. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/conceited-reaction

It is a very different vibe from :3 which is like a kitty face or puppy face.

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 12 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

But why would I do πŸ˜— when I can do 😘?

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

I use the former of more of a make sure you're okay when something was wrong. The latter In just expressing love.

[–] halvar@lemy.lol 3 points 14 hours ago

πŸ˜— is the weird uncle, :3 is pretty me

[–] aislopmukbang@sh.itjust.works 3 points 17 hours ago

This is how we defeat the machines. They'll never crack our systems of punctuation

[–] winkly@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago (2 children)
[–] aislopmukbang@sh.itjust.works 5 points 17 hours ago

A ballchinian!

[–] serpineslair@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago