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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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[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 1 points 46 minutes ago

Chronological sure..

You would not believe the number of worthless fucks there are who are teenagers who just grew old..

[–] I_Clean_Here@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

OP, get a couple more brain cells and learn how to count

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 27 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

13 .. 14 .. 15 .. 16 .. 17 .. 18 .. 19

Pretty sure that you're a teenager for seven years, not five.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

But after 19 teenage pregnancy drops to Zero!

I wonder how it is in countries that doesn't have the "teen" in the numbers.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 43 points 8 hours ago (5 children)

All the dogs in the world have been replaced in the 33 years since I was born

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] quacky@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

With undercover CIA android dogs

[–] Thebular@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Oh, so apple can't make undercover CIA dogs?

[–] saimen@feddit.org 3 points 4 hours ago

I wasn't ready to realize this

[–] quacky@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

That is one of those statistics tbat take a long time to fully be cognizant and appreciative of because it is so intense

[–] Preventer79@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago

Most human artistic output isn't about or geared towards dogs tho (sadly).

[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 37 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I'm gonna have to disagree with you here. 18- and 19-year-olds are still teens. say what you will about being adults, but semantically (if nothing else) they are still teens.

[–] Preventer79@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 hours ago

changes every six-seven years then...

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 17 points 8 hours ago

"That's what I like about these high school kids, man. I get older and they stay the same age. 😎"

[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 12 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

The amount of people younger than you is ever growing, and the amount of people older than you is shrinking.

[–] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

We're all constantly falling to our deaths through the fourth dimension

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago
[–] HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

but also not at once, the youngest are influenced by those older than them, and in tuen influence yet new teens. Its causes an endless shift of culture.

[–] Today@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

In 120 years the earth will be all new people. That scares my kids. Makes me hopeful.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Or we crack the code to repair damage caused by aging.