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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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[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 94 points 1 week ago (8 children)

We "go" to lots of things that aren't places. Im going to prove it with this sentence.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Let's not go off the rails.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Different usage. You wouldn't tell someone "Go to prove." Are there any examples of "Go to [word]." where the [word] is not a physical place?

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yes. We regularly say "go to [verb]".

Go to eat
Go to learn
Go to exercise

Saying "go to sleep" is exectly the same.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Not exactly. Compare being told "Go to sleep!" with "Go to eat!" "Go to learn!" "Go to exercise!" It makes sense grammatically, but nobody says it like that. They sound like something a non-native speaker would say.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It is grammatically correct to use them. It's the same rule. We're just used to using/hearing one but not the others.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

Yes, I said it was grammatically correct. However, one phrase is actually used by native speakers of the language, the others are not. So there is a difference.

[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Not many.. Heres what i came up with though:
Go to great lengths
Go to extremes
Go to bat for something
Go to town on something

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Still different usages because they require more words to make sense. "Go to sleep" is a weird figure of speech.

[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Now you're moving the goalposts :p

I agree it is a rare structure.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No, I'm not. Notice the period. That was very deliberate.

Are there any examples of “Go to [word].”

[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I edited my original post, but what about "go to extremes" ?

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

That one's better!

[–] whimsy@lemmy.zip 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can you do it after we go to lunch?

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Goun@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

No, my stomach is going to town with all this regurgitation.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In English, ‘go to’ can be used as the future subjunctive tense of the verb being conjugated.

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Sounds fancy. I hope it's not expensive to use.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago

Planning to go into detail, or was that it?

[–] megane_kun@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

I've got to go think about it for a second, and then I get to realize what it meant.

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago

I'm going to go to sleep.

Double going!