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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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At the current price of donuts, the phrase "I'll bet you dollars to donuts..." Means the opposite of what it once did.

Edited to correct the saying.

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Before COVID, it was nothing to run into Duncan and get three or four dozen donuts for the office. They were less than $9 a dozen.

They currently want $25 for a dozen at my local Duncan. We used to have donuts at work all the time. Now it's like once a year.

I guess they're making too much money off overpriced coffee to bother with making donuts.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am grateful for all the local bakeries that are still cheap as hell compared to any and all chain places like Dunkin. Makes me wanna go hit up Mr. T's right now...

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Well, he does pity the fool that buys from Dunkin soooo……

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

my family would wait until the donuts would go on discount in the evening

sometimes it was the only calories that would get us through the next day

so donuts and dollars has always had a heavy weight to it

[–] ManlickerM2001@lemmy.blahaj.zone -5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's so crazy to me that American poors will always go on some crazy rpg-like quests to get their food instead of just learning how to cook.

yeah stupid 12 year old me who figures out how to turn baseball cards into gas and food for my mentally broken mother and my sister and brother

I mean we might have found a spot for the camping stove but ok sure cooking at parks and camp fire works. but being homeless and a child presented obstacles and discount donuts were the special spot for my dollar when a dollar meant the most to me

[–] mogranja@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

It's like one of those timed gacha games.

[–] Nusm@yall.theatl.social 9 points 2 days ago

I always heard it as “dollars to donuts”.