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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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[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago

Look…

if you had

mom’s spaghetti…

would you capture it, or just let it slip?

yo! His palms spaghetti, knees weak, arms spaghetti!

there’s vomit on his sweater, spaghetti, mom’s spaghetti

he’s nervous, but on the surface, he looks calm spaghetti, to drop bombs

but he keeps on spaghetti what he wrote down

The whole crowd goes spaghetti!

He opens his mouth but spaghetti won’t come out

he’s chokin’ how, everybody’s jokin’ now!

spaghetti’s run out…

time’s up, over! Blaugh!

snap back to spaghetti - oh there goes spaghetti, oh - there goes spaghetti

blaugh!

he’s so mad, but won’t give up spaghetti

nope, he won’t have it

he knows he keeps on forgetting

that mom’s spaghetti’s dope

he knows that, but he’s broke, he’s so stagnant

he knows when he goes back to his mom’s spaghetti

that’s when it’s back to the lab again, yo

this whole spaghetti

better go capture spaghetti

and hope it don’t pass him

You better lose yourself in ya mom’s spaghetti! It’s ready!

you better never let it go!

you only get one spaghetti, do not miss your chance to blow

cause spaghetti comes once in a lifetime..

YO!!!

[–] Substance_P@lemmy.world 14 points 5 hours ago
[–] MrEff@lemmy.world 27 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

To be fair, cult members are actually drinking flavor-aid. I think vibe coders are actually eating sloppy joes.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

You'd think Kool-Aid would have objected to being the brand ending up in the colloquialism.

"Our competitors would like you to take your own life in a cult. We just want to grape you in the mouth."

[–] areakode@riskeratspizza.com 4 points 4 hours ago
[–] thagoat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Do not sully the good name of spaghetti!

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago

Yes! You blaspheme His Noodly Appendage!

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 8 points 7 hours ago

*eating the slop

[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It was Flav-o-Aid in Jonestown, not Kool-Aid.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago

Is that a store brand?

They should have used this in their ads. “The not killing yourself brand!”

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

“Slurping the pasta”

[–] orenj@leminal.space 2 points 6 hours ago
[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 hours ago

Sharting the slop