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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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[–] djmikeale@lemm.ee 56 points 2 days ago (4 children)

En, to, tre, fire, fem.

1000000 / 5 = 200000

Here's the proof that Danish is 200.000 times better than English.

[–] MoonlightFox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As long as you have that ridiculous "to og en halvfjers" counting system, you do not have a superior system 😉

[–] djmikeale@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Haha! Yeah truth be told, our number system is completely stupid 😂

[–] MoonlightFox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Besides the number system you got most things under control in Denmark.

You also have one of the greatest shows, Klovn 😂

[–] djmikeale@lemm.ee 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Well thank you! Although I find Klovn to be too cringe for me, I do agree on the other statement, I feel incredibly lucky to be born here, where even born into unfortunate circumstances, it's still possible to get a successful life.

[–] MoonlightFox@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

I have watched every episode, it's hilarious. Episodes ranging from them trying "the godfather of drugs" (heroin), to him stealing a wheelchair. I guess it might be too much for some people though, my wife can not watch it for similar reasons.

I feel the same way about being born in Norway. I come from unfortunate circumstances as you call it, and I am doing well. This is thanks to the extensive free education that I have gotten.

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In romanian, it ends at 4. Romanian is 25% better than dutch and 250000 times better than english

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 2 days ago

250000 times better than english

That's a very low bar tho

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

1 more and you learn why Swedish is superior.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

One more and Germans get in on the action. And they get to say sechs (sex) right before.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 days ago

Speaking as a fellow Dane, I reject your "touch lips quickly while counting" criteria for language quality, especially since English is much more versatile and universally useful for communication and thus better 😁