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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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[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He drove Flash's dad's car in Homecoming.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

Forgot about that

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Here's another version for you

This one even drive a giant mech.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is that the 1970s version where his webs are actually semen, and he controls a spiderman voltron mech, and there's like 4 other spidermans, and they have psychic abilities, and they're all fighting over mary jane watson like a carnival prize? But mary jsne is a random japanese woman who wasn't even a redhead?

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

his webs are actually semen

Fucking what

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Japan: “No need to thank me.”

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Was that actually canon, though?

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 2 points 2 days ago

No, the '70s were just a retcon.

[–] Loid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Man, this show was wild.

It had a shit ton of practical stunts

[–] Swaus01@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

It had a shit ton of practical stunts

Including semen webbing? 😏

[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There's a Spider-Mobile. It was in the Spider-Verse movie in the underground garage with all the extra costumes and stuff. It's been in the comics plenty.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] Lydia_K@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Because he couldn't afford gas so it had to stay parked.

[–] Thassodar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Was he parked out by the lake? 80 miles from Santa Fe?

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

Omz, he stutters like that dune buggy from the Hannah-Barbera cartoon!

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

He also built one with Johnny Storm in the main universe. I think it's at the bottom of the Hudson, though.

[–] Leviathan@fedinsfw.app 6 points 2 days ago

Living in New York and driving a car are practically mutually exclusive experiences. I could see Americans who live outside of walkable cities pulling a Westworld.meme when they see such a thing.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 2 days ago

Pete's lost his ability to sling webs a few times and had to take the bus or a cab in a few forms of media I have seen, like the OG live action show and the animated series.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 2 points 2 days ago

I reccomend checking out the Spiderverse movie trilogy, if you haven't. Idk about a car but there was definitely a motorcycle in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Might have been a car. Did Ben Reilly drive a car?

[–] Swaus01@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If this is in the latest movie, he's old enough to drive by then because it's actually three years after high school, right?

No spoilers please

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I said the Disney Jr version. That's Spidey and his Amazing Friends, where he's a young boy. It's made fir preschool kids

[–] Swaus01@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago