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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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[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 70 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (9 children)

I assume the joke is (usually undocumented) people look for work in the parking lots of Home Depots, hoping to be hired for day labor, and the same may happen with the nerd glut in our culture and Best Buys.

I've never witnessed this as I live in a smaller city in Northern MN but it's a cliche here in the States.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

The nerds haven't hung out at best buys in years. They're a glorified appliance store now.

Last time I went into one for a computer part, they had 3 colors of the same case fan and two different GPUs, and that was it.

Now MicroCenter, that's where it's at.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Where is there one? I know of one north of Atlanta and one in Dallas. There just ain’t one in Washington

[–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

There's 1 in most major cities. I love Micro Center to death, but I sincerely doubt that most Americans live within 20 or 30 minutes of one.

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