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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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[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Trick question, they were both not planned since the plan was to have 1

[–] HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Instead of 'or vice versa', I originally had 'or both'. But yeah, this is accurate

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

No, Shakespeare's sequel to Hamlet: To be or not to be born.

[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Neither were planned, plan was to have 0. Mistakes were made, but hopefully for the kids, not regretted.

[–] expr@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who gives a fuck about whether or not you were planned? It literally makes no difference whatsoever.

[–] HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It's a literal shower thought, and most of us weren't.

[–] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Mom: "Hey Brock, did you bring your brother, Brick home from school?"

Brock: "Can't we send him somewhere?"

Mom: Brock!!!

(In all honesty, this was not my idea, just a thought that popped into my head after seeing something random about it.)

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A mother of six told me: "We always wanted to have four children. But after the third we had the twins. And the sixth was a complete accident."

While said sixth child was in the room with us.

[–] HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can there ever be an incomplete accident?

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, it takes at least two people to make a baby.

[–] HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

This made me chuckle.

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There is a simple solution. From a young age you introduce them to the idea that actually it doesn't matter and that they need to find happiness from within, because you really never wanted either of them and as soon as legally possible the only happiness they will have is from within.

[–] HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] MTK@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Illegal happiness actually

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Birth order is never in question.

[–] HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Less to do with birth order and more to do with wanting to have one and ending up with two, or three....or eight. But they might still fight over who was. Siblings can be cruel.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Either way. They either were both not planned, both were or one might not have been. Not many people say, I can't wait, I hope I have twins. There are some tho, I went to high school with someone where twins ran in the family and they were excited to also have two different sets of them. But most of the time you are planning for one, and you are surprised when there are two in the womb. This should be a good thing but children would still try to guess and could fight about it, they can fight about anything. And sometimes names are picked out before even trying to have kids. One for a boy and one for a girl etc. unfortunately, it is the break up of the fight that perplexes me. "You were both planned/unplanned" gets nowhere. When someone starts trying there is no guarantee either way what will happen. What do you say? Sorry I wish I spoke Español.

[–] Yermaw@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

How I don't remember this episode of Rick and Morty I audibly just laughed after watching the Clip

[–] MoonlightFox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What if the plan was to have twins?

[–] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Up there with your retirement planning being to win the lottery.

[–] HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Me to my wife "Hey, Hun, you think you have triplets in the cards. I want a Ferrari when I retire. "

[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Welcome to the world of the living, clone