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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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[–] ratel@mander.xyz 19 points 4 months ago (3 children)
[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, "hind" is for the butt down.

So each leg is a "hindquarter"

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 3 points 4 months ago

That's where the dark meat is.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 5 points 4 months ago

Oh you and your citing sources for actual information. ;-)

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2 points 4 months ago

I was about to make this joke, turns out it's true ?

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 9 points 4 months ago

i call my love handles port and starboard

[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"before arms," "escape goats," "after arms." I cannot be done with this language anymore

[–] fulcrummed@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Weirdest bit of that, is the terms drop the before part of “before” and the after part of “after”

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why do we have armpits and no legpits?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

We have exactly ONE leg pit.

Poop comes out of it.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

Motion to rename the crotch to the legpit

[–] Damarus@feddit.org 4 points 4 months ago

In German they're literally called "under arms" and "upper arms".

[–] nedwben@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Definitely threearms.