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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:

Rules

  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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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Don't give landlords new ways of charging tenants.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

This is showerthoughts not feverdreams

[–] borth@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pan? You wash your clothes in a pan? 🤔

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

You don't?

That is common in many places

[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

This is clever.

I think to complete the concept, it needs to have an absurd feature that is supposed to justify connectivity, and a way to stop it from functioning when commanded.

How can a pan break? I guess the handle can fall off? So it has a solenoid that locks on the handle. The pan is sold as a subscription where they replace the pan part to keep it's Teflon coating fresh. And if you mess with it or use it more than 20x the handle falls off.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

That's really clever. And dumb in exactly the way Silicon Valley would actually do something like this.

[–] siipale@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

When the solenoid releases the handle it should then weld the lock mechanism so it couldn't be tampered with.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I do not know enough homonyms to be able to understand this shower thought