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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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[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 99 points 3 days ago (4 children)

In some places the nice beaches have been privatised by local hotels or clubs so you gotta pay them to sit on the beach or go sit somewhere less nice. Coming from Western Australia where we have the nicest beaches in the world (all free), I take this concept of "owning beach space" as a personal affront.

[–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

personal affront

as opposed to personal beach front

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 31 points 3 days ago

They don't even have to be privatized. Some municipalities in the US require a "beach tag". I lived on a barrier island growing up, and we had to buy ours every year, or go to the beach two towns over where it was free (...except where it was privatized).

[–] nbsp@programming.dev 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

looking at you greece ಠ_ಠ

but seriously.. it's hard to eek out an existence in sydney... everything is so fucking expensive.

but peddle to the beach and read a book, it's free and the best thing in town.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Not in California