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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.

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Especially gas powered ones. If you are going to blow refuse in the street, can’t you at least do it quietly?

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[–] kadup@lemmy.world 59 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I'm Brazilian. As one can imagine, we do have a lot of leaves, being a tropical country and all.

I have not seen a leaf blower in my entire life, and I don't understand the obsession with them.

[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Being in a tropical country, I imagine most/all of your trees are non-deciduous, as in they don't lose all their leaves in autumn and then regrow in the spring? Imagine all the leaves drying up, falling off, and the mess is left all over the ground. Cleanup is a laborious effort. Leaf blowers speed up the process by blowing the leaves from trafficked locations and/or to more centralized locations that are easier to clean the debris. Helpful, noisy, and often environmentally unfriendly.

[–] kadup@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You're correct about most trees not following your typical seasonal variance.

You're incorrect about this meaning we don't deal with significant amounts of leaves and flowers. Search for Handroanthus images, then imagine one on each sidewalk, and imagine all their flowers on the ground.

[–] ChilledPeppers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Peiple just use "rastelos" here (is there even a translation?)

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