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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: 1

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This is especially true with luxury brands like Louis Vuitton, Gucci, and Prada. People are either trying to impress others with fakes, or they’ve actually paid full price to become walking billboards.

Similar thing with iPhone cases that have a cutout for the Apple logo. That's just hilarious.

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[–] scytale@lemm.ee 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The only other type of clothing with clear, visible branding I own aside from band shirts is tech vendor shirts from conferences. But those I get for free, so I didn’t exactly pay to become their billboard.

[–] marx2k@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Free"

The amount of money that those conferences cost my job and the amount of time I spend blocking cold calls from vendors that gave me shwag...

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"free" for me. My job has conference/training budget that is use-it-or-lose-it, so might as well go for it. You can also talk your way through getting swag without giving up your contact details, or just provide fake ones.

[–] marx2k@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Alternative:

"Can I scan your badge?"

...quietly walk away backwards, staring them dead in the eye

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Lol I know the feeling. Sometimes I just say “Oh we already use your product…mind if I grab those socks?”.