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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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Usually its like just a few words sprinkled in, or at most like one or two lines...

Literally I feel like they're just trying to say: "Hey this is a foreign language I'm sooo cooool!"

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto.....
Michelle, ma belle, Sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble....
Psycho Killer, Qu'est-ce que c'est?....
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?....
Jeux sans frontières, Hans plays with Lotte, Lotte plays with Jane...
Eyes without a face, Les yeux sans visage....
This indecision's buggin' me (esta indecisión me molesta)...
Ooh, appelle-moi, mon chéri, appelle-moi, Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any way....
and many more.

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Psycho Killer, Qu'est-ce que c'est?....

You know, I never knew what he was saying there, but I didn't ever consider that it wasn't even English

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] 0ops@piefed.zip -4 points 2 days ago
[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?....

Side note, I have this illness (probably mental, but I've been told otherwise) where I'm a Dad. This causes me to sing ridiculous things for no reason. Every time I get some markdown croissants for breakfast the next morning and offer one to my wife, I ALWAYS start singing "Voulez-vous would you like a croissant, croissant?"

Hopefully one day they will find a cure

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

im not a dad but I still have things like this go through my mind. every time I see dull mens club I think b52's. we belong to the. dull mens. club. to the dull mens club. dull mens club. to the dull mens club. dull mens club.

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

I think the main difference is that dads will vocalize it at every possible opportunity 😀