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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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  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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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 147 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I skipped those, but I’m about to ruin whatever new platform my kids get in to.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 74 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Redredme@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Your boomer parents? You're 40 something?

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That would be my age.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A lot of us are, yeah. Even with young whippersnappers like yourself fizzing around on your electrified skateboards and what have you, I'm pretty sure the average age here on Lemmy is closer to 40 than 30 🤷

[–] kozy138@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I'm 30 and I literally have 2 electric skateboards lol

[–] db2@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

... was written on lemmy 😬

[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Implying we aren't mostly disgruntled boomers here.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 67 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure we're mostly disgruntled Millennials and Gen-X'ers.

Anyhow, it looks like TikTok might finally be heading towards some sort of ban or regulation in the US, so maybe it'll get killed by the Boomers but in a different way.

[–] MiniiCSx@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Some genZ here too :) moved from Reddit to Lemmy

[–] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dont forget gen Z tech workers

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Get outta here, y'all were in middle school yesterday.

[–] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Gen Z are like 20-30 years old by now

[–] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah. If you started skipping trends already you are free. Just use what you like lol

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well I happen to like embarrassing my kids so…

[–] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Carry on. 😆

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

💀
I hope that was not serious.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why? It’s a time-honored parenting tradition. And one that doesn’t involve child abuse.

[–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Boomers and child neglect - name a better duo.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Boomers and pulling the ladder up behind them.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm told that the joy of embarrassing your children is the main upside of parenting, actually.

Like being Michael Scott/David Brent of The Office on purpose and they have to be the long-suffering employees of Dunder-Mifflin/Wernham Hogg.

Because no matter how much you play the oaf, some fool still allowed you to be in charge of something important 😁

[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I can't wait to log in to the newest gamer platform only to engage in trash talk with a select group of boys. Three of them, to be exact.

"I fucked your mom!"
"Dad, go away..."