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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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[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Lembot_0001@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Onion is almost spherical, it doesn't have any problems.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Not just an onion, but The Onion.

[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's ruined in multiple ways.

People with low-hanging, unfunny 'pranks' or jokes.

Corporations being stupidly obvious and still trying to be hip.

Pools of people that would take great offense or lack a sense of humor.

There's just no point in it anymore.

[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

I think corporations using it in unfunny ways to sell something is the worst and killed it for real. But all your examples are good too.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

I wonder if AI companies basically disregard scraped data from 01/04 due to all the tomfoolery.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

April Fools!

I got absolutely fooled by a tech YouTuber posting that Microsoft added OneDrive ads to the blue screen, so it felt good to get got for once.

However with real life news, I tend to agree with you. The distinction between satire and real life is getting ever more minuscule

[–] Taalen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Trump's first term killed April Fools

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