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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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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There are identical twins out there whose parents confused one with the other and now they living their life with the name of the other sibling, never noticing because it doesn't make any difference. (feddit.de)
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[–] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My grandmother had this quirk where she'd start reaching for names of people she knew because she just couldn't remember your name right then. I like to think her brain was buffering.

They'd usually be in the vicinity of each other, like my brother or father's name, but sometimes she'd be way out there with a cousin or the neighbour.

I tell you though, it didn't feel great when she looked right at me and called me by the family dogs' names before she got to mine lol

[–] clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

My grandma did this too. She had eleven grandkids though, so she’d sometimes run through the whole list first