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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.

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because eating men's meat is gay, and so on

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 123 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I worked in record stores in the olden days, and got casually familiar with several regulars. One day, a regular customer was buying an album, and I mentioned that some artist had just dropped a new album, if he was interested.

He got very serious, and said "That album is by a man. Do you think I'm gay?"

I was instantly confused, and just asked " What?"

He was getting angry now, and repeated "Do you think I'm gay? Only a gay guy would but an album by a man!"

I had never encountered this attitude before, and I have never encountered it since, but here it was - if a man bought an album by another man, he is gay. I had never noticed that every artist this guy bought was female.

I tried explaining that your musical choices do not reflect your sexuality, but he just yelled at me, called me the F-word a bunch of times, and left, and never returned

I had never cared to think about it before, but after that experience, I came to the conclusion that he was DEFINITELY gay.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When I was a very young kid, I used to think it was weird if boys liked songs by women. Now I don't give a shit, but it was something I used to think.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

When I was a young kid, I liked songs by women because they were in my range. I'd go back to being 14 for one reason only. When my voice changed, I had a 10-11 month period that I could sing Soprano 1 to Bass 1. Couldn't do Bass 2 at that point. Then my voice cracked and I could barely sing for a few months. These days I have trouble getting up to an Irish Tenor.