this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2026
51 points (87.0% liked)

Showerthoughts

40441 readers
329 users here now

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:

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. No politics
    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.

Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
top 26 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 50 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

You meant btbxng ntnsfs.

Edit: fixed spelling 😂

[–] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 12 points 3 weeks ago

Dang is that a new filesystem? I know btrfs but haven't heard about ntnsfs

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Dmnt! Thnks!

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

prfr btbxng.

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

nnnn ts nnn nn-nn ts

[–] bdot@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

but humming counts as singing, doesn’t it? which means that you COULD sing without vowels

[–] myrmidex@belgae.social 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

and birds also don't have official vowels. I'm starting to see the flaws in my thought :)

[–] bryndos@fedia.io 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Without vogels there'd be no tweeting.

[–] fratermus@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

without kegels there'd be no squeezing

[–] Mozingo@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yea, some voiced consonants like L, M, N, R and maybe Y would work fine for singing, I think. Like if we only had words like "Hm", or "Lt" (pronounced similar to "ult"), you could sing it fine.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I mean those are already halfway to vowels. In Japanese, "N" can be its own syllable.

[–] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No, I would not consider humming singing

[–] bdot@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

well - Wikipedia seems to disagree, and says “common definitions include "the utterance of words or sounds in tuneful succession"”

and that was just the first place i looked.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

30 years ago my music teacher told me that in Chinese-language singing it's the consonants that are sustained.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

And also vowel (open-mouth) sounds. They just hold consonant sounds like English singers holds vowel sounds.

[–] wolre@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

I feel like this is a bit like saying "If cars didn't have wheels, there would be no Formula 1".

[–] Pirtatogna@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Gd sv r grcs Kng, Lng lv r nbl Kng, Gd sv th Kng! Snd hm vctrs, Hpp nd glrs, Lng t rgn vr s, Gd sv th Kng!

[–] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago
[–] FishFace@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

Look up syllabic consonants :)

[–] Apocalypteroid@feddit.uk 4 points 3 weeks ago

Hmmmm mmmmmm mmmmmm, mmmmmm mmmmmm mmmmmm mmmmmmmmm,

Once there was this girl and...

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

Rrrrr zzzzzssssnnnnmmmmnn nh nh nh

[–] NachBarcelona@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

without cum there'd be no cumshot