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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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  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
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I’d venture “Yadda Yadda” since we can do multisyllabic utterances.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

According to the ancient Greeks, we would be bar-bars.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes! "The Greeks used the term barbarian for all non-Greek-speaking people, including the Egyptians, Persians, Medes and Phoenicians, emphasizing their otherness. According to Greek writers, this was because the language they spoke sounded to Greeks like gibberish represented by the sounds "bar..bar..;" the alleged root of the word bárbaros, which is an echomimetic or onomatopoeic word."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarian

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Wow. So even thousands of years ago humans were racist assholes demeaning others for speaking a different language.

See America? You're not special.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

Blahblahrians!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

A human is a derpderp. Source: November 5 2024

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

I'd say it's more of a Bwaahh

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Waah-wah-wah-wah-Waaah, à la Charlie Brown adults.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Blah blah was the first thing my second kid said, so checks out

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Hasn't even spoken a word, and already sick of how much everybody else talks. Your kid is either going to be a president, or a serial killer.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Non main character humans would be rhubarb-rhubarbs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Or you could use the word we use most

A fuck-fuck