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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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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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    • 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
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[–] Breezy@lemmy.world 1 points 30 seconds ago

I broke a tooth eating at an Indian curry buffet. Shatered a tooth eating some lamb curry full of bones. Spit tooth pieces out for a moth as the breakage finished. I definitely swallowed some. Didnt taste like anything. So i figured thats normal, if not we would be constantly tasting our teeth.

So to answer this question, someone might need to taste your teeth for you.

[–] hedge_lord@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Cheese but I put minty toothpaste on them to make them temporarily taste like mint until they taste like cheese again.

[–] autriyo@feddit.org 3 points 3 hours ago

What does my mouth taste like?

[–] ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 hours ago

Do your mouth and teeth taste something? I just taste whstever I just ate and bits and pieces that are left, if any.

[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 28 minutes ago

Should be top comment

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 11 points 6 hours ago

Now THIS is a shower thought

[–] drkt@scribe.disroot.org 21 points 10 hours ago

why don't you come and find out 👅👅👅

[–] nikolasdimi@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

this is the fundamental meditation.

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 28 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

YOUR.MOTHER'S.GIANT.WARM.PPPPPERFECTLY. cooked meatloaf because she is an excellent cook and very hospitable

[–] gilokee@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

That's what I said after I GOT ALL WET AND SLOPPY WITH OP'S MOM because I helped her do the dishes after the delicious meatloaf dinner.

That's what a gentleman does before he LAYS SOME PIPE AND REARRANGES OP'S MOM'S plumbing situation because whoever did the pipe fitting before was clearly not certified, dang system looks like somebody threw spaghetti in a blender!

[–] gilokee@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

such a gentleman!

[–] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 6 points 12 hours ago

They taste like tongue, and regret

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Composite dental filling flavor.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

Silver mercury amalgammmmmmmmm

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 hours ago

Probably whatever you eat most often. Kind of how if one drinks too much coffee then they get stained.

[–] tronx4002@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

Lick them and find out

[–] toynbee@piefed.social 1 points 11 hours ago
[–] brownsugga@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 14 hours ago
[–] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

America's favourite chocolate, according to this post I just happened across.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 points 28 minutes ago

But only in Australia apparently

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

What do you want them to taste like? 😘

[–] gilokee@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 1 points 9 hours ago (2 children)
[–] nieminen@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

But, they have bones! ಠ_ಠ

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

But why can't they taste like bone?

[–] gilokee@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

YEAH. They're almost bone. Someone educate me, I'm too lazy to look it up.