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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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[–] Pirtatogna@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Gd sv r grcs Kng, Lng lv r nbl Kng, Gd sv th Kng! Snd hm vctrs, Hpp nd glrs, Lng t rgn vr s, Gd sv th Kng!

[–] GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 16 hours ago
[–] wolre@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago

I feel like this is a bit like saying "If cars didn't have wheels, there would be no Formula 1".

[–] MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 21 hours ago

nnnn ts nnn nn-nn ts

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

You meant btbxng ntnsfs.

Edit: fixed spelling 😂

[–] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 day ago

Dang is that a new filesystem? I know btrfs but haven't heard about ntnsfs

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Dmnt! Thnks!

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

prfr btbxng.

[–] Apocalypteroid@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago

Hmmmm mmmmmm mmmmmm, mmmmmm mmmmmm mmmmmm mmmmmmmmm,

Once there was this girl and...

[–] bdot@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (3 children)

but humming counts as singing, doesn’t it? which means that you COULD sing without vowels

[–] myrmidex@belgae.social 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

and birds also don't have official vowels. I'm starting to see the flaws in my thought :)

[–] bryndos@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Without vogels there'd be no tweeting.

[–] fratermus@piefed.social 2 points 9 hours ago

without kegels there'd be no squeezing

[–] Mozingo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yea, some voiced consonants like L, M, N, R and maybe Y would work fine for singing, I think. Like if we only had words like "Hm", or "Lt" (pronounced similar to "ult"), you could sing it fine.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I mean those are already halfway to vowels. In Japanese, "N" can be its own syllable.

[–] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, I would not consider humming singing

[–] bdot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

well - Wikipedia seems to disagree, and says “common definitions include "the utterance of words or sounds in tuneful succession"”

and that was just the first place i looked.

[–] PierceTheBubble@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

The OG skibidi toilet

[–] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] PierceTheBubble@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm all crusted up and ready to eat

[–] NachBarcelona@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

without cum there'd be no cumshot

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

30 years ago my music teacher told me that in Chinese-language singing it's the consonants that are sustained.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And also vowel (open-mouth) sounds. They just hold consonant sounds like English singers holds vowel sounds.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago

Look up syllabic consonants :)

[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Rrrrr zzzzzssssnnnnmmmmnn nh nh nh