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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:

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. No politics
    • 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
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

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[–] Today@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What's a negative years span?

[–] FizzlePopBerryTwist@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Like 50 years BC = 50 years before Christ. Well, there's a negative span of years before you fused in to an individual.

[–] Alivrah@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think you could've worded that better, but even then, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense, since you don't exist before you're born, so "negative lifespan" is a weird thing to say.

But fun fact, genetically female babies develop all their egg cells while still inside the womb, so at some point the egg cell that became you was inside your grandma.

[–] leapingleopard@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

is that some sort of twisted your momma joke?

[–] Antilight@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

That or a convoluted “Yo dawg, we heard you like eggs”

[–] FizzlePopBerryTwist@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You do exist, but your existence is different. Your individuality doesn't exist. You are potential individuality.

[–] TheDubz87@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Now that's just maddening the unhelpful.

[–] FizzlePopBerryTwist@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

You are the continuation of other cellular organisms' lives.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago
[–] dystop@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] FizzlePopBerryTwist@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

If you live your life backwards, you split up in to two people.

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

It took me more than a minute to figure out what you meant, but good point.