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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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[–] idkwhatimdoing@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)

My brain would always just give me the shape I need to clear the line

[–] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why is it always squares and straight lines?!

[–] idkwhatimdoing@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You don't even know my real name

[–] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago
[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You re blessed, because i am bound to deal with whatever random BS is announced next. I ll take a call with developer

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

On long car rides, I would play mental Mario with the telephone poles and houses.

[–] HeneryHawk@thelemmy.club 6 points 2 years ago

I still catch myself doing this on occasion!!

[–] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 25 points 2 years ago

Im too stupid to remember the tiles I just placed

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

I can certainly play the Tetris theme in my head!

[–] 6mementomori@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I do it very often and I suck

[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Yeah I didn't go beyond 2 fulls lines

[–] alp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 years ago

Aphantasia gang takes offense to this

[–] pamymaf@kbin.run 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Unless you have aphantasia. People with aphantasia are unable to mentally visualize. I close my eyes and it's just blackness all the time.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Aphantasia is very intriguing for me. Everytime I try to think about it, I just can't picture it.

[–] H4mi@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can't visualize a tetris block, much less a whole tetris game. I think I could draw all the tetris blocks if I tried so the information is there, just not stored as jpg. More like a zipped text file.

[–] chepox@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah I have the same thing. I can sort of visualize the concept, like foggy still images of tetris games I've played but I cannot imagine a game setup where a piece would fall and complete a line. That is too specific. I can just do like general concepts, not specifics.

[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

So how you for ex, do you orient yourself in space? I visualize a map, and then position myself accordingly

[–] chepox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

Maps in my head are useless. I get lost everywhere. When I went to university I walked so much more than I had to because of orientation issues. I get lost so easily. Even when playing games, if there is no map I just draw one myself because I have 0 reliability on my orientation skills. GPS was such a life saver for me. I rely waaay too much on it. For when I do not have the tools (GPS, map or other) I use visual cues in the background such as tall buildings, mountains or the sun's position. I don't really think about it since I've been doing this since I can remember but I always feel amazed at how others around me can just know which direction to start walking after coming out of a door. Eventually I do memorize it but it takes a while.

[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 years ago

I did it often when I was really into it. I had Tetris dreams, it honestly was cool.

[–] arcrust@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My favorite tetris fact is that it may help with PTSD flashbacks. Link for the curious.

[–] thonofpy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Since learning about this, I have decided to keep the game installed on my phone in case something wild happens (I'm thinking after witnessing an accident or something). It is sort of comforting to have a scientifically backed up mental strategy that is easily accessible, even if it's not a lot. I gather that tetris keeps the part of your brain responsible for looping images occupied with, well, tetris.

[–] Xylight@lemmy.xylight.dev 9 points 2 years ago

Horizontal I block all the way to the left... horizontal I block next to the previous one... square block on the right.

horizontal I block on the left and horizontal I block next to that.

voila, all clear. Now repeat.

[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i only get squares, it's super easy

[–] naticus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Mine are always the shape of cheese doodles and I lose really quickly.

[–] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

I'm not very good, I forgot to clear a line I filled.

[–] glad_cat 7 points 2 years ago

In boring meetings, I play Arkanoid with things around me.