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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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[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

wait until you find out what the opposite of progress is

[–] db2@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

Antigress

We should change the name to that for accuracy.

[–] wabafee@lemmy.world 15 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

A bad prostitution results to a constitution?

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 14 hours ago

Good constitution must be called prostitution

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago
[–] melfie@lemy.lol 4 points 14 hours ago
[–] db2@lemmy.world 27 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Only if you don't bother to learn what the words you use mean.

Inherited from Middle English con-, from Latin con-, from cum (“with”). ... Indicating a common origin, from, coming from the root: consequence as what comes from the sequence

[–] nieminen@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

So kids can be called.... Cumsequences?....

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Only if you are a really bad father.

[–] XiELEd@piefed.social 11 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

prosequence would probably be... before sequence?

[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 13 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

I think that would be presequence.

Pro means on behalf of or forward, so a prosequence would be something that pushes the sequence forward, a prosequence would be something like, "you know there is a bomb that is about to go off, and if you do not dismantle it, your child will die. So you must attempt to defuse the bomb at the risk of your own life".

The knowledge of and opportunity to act to defuse the bomb is the prosequence that has led you to this point.

It could also be something like you were walking by a gas station and your hand started itching, so you went and bought a lottery ticket and won the lottery. The itchy hand would be the prosequence that pushed you towards winning the lottery.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 hour ago

That is the "antecedent",

Antecedent: A preceding occurrence, cause, or event.

[–] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago

So you could have a prosequence with a prostitute, but a bad experience would be a consequence of a constitute?

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 13 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

I guess Funeral Processions are a good thing?

Wtf is a Funeral Concession? Only transporting half of a body?

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 11 points 20 hours ago

I’d sell ice-pops at a funeral concessions stand, that’s for sure.

[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 17 hours ago

I fear there are heavy "lunch is served" overtones to this, and I don't mean a catered meal 😬

[–] db2@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago

Using con the same way it would mean everyone at the funeral dies.

[–] slowtrain33@lemmy.ml 4 points 21 hours ago

The more I think about this the I like it.