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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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  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

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[–] ratel@mander.xyz 19 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, "hind" is for the butt down.

So each leg is a "hindquarter"

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

That's where the dark meat is.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago

Oh you and your citing sources for actual information. ;-)

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2 points 1 week ago

I was about to make this joke, turns out it's true ?

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 9 points 1 week ago

i call my love handles port and starboard

[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"before arms," "escape goats," "after arms." I cannot be done with this language anymore

[–] fulcrummed@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Weirdest bit of that, is the terms drop the before part of “before” and the after part of “after”

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why do we have armpits and no legpits?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

We have exactly ONE leg pit.

Poop comes out of it.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Motion to rename the crotch to the legpit

[–] Damarus@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

In German they're literally called "under arms" and "upper arms".

[–] nedwben@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Definitely threearms.