this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2023
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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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[–] Fixbeat@lemmy.ml 130 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yeah but some people are more traffic than others.

[–] malloc@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

insert lifted truck hogging 2 lanes

insert soccer moms with massive SUVs

Lol

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 35 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

Insert the guy in a Prius going 30 mph under the speed limit and slamming on his brakes for no reason.

Insert everyone in the passing lane that isn't passing.

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[–] MooseBoys@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Honestly “soccer mom” is probably a better use of street capacity than most usage of cars. One adult and six kids in a Suburban is much more efficient than three adults each with two kids in the back of three sedans.

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[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago (6 children)

If you swerve in and out of lanes to try to get ahead, you can be traffic for an easy 3 or 4 lanes!

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Love the peeps that risk killing everyone around them to get ten feet ahead in bumper to bumper traffic.

[–] Khotetsu@lib.lgbt 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And only end up being farther back than if they had just stayed put, as everybody else had the same thought, making the new lane the slower one.

And even if it doesn't, they lose any time they could have possibly gained the moment they get off the highway and hit a red light.

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[–] pontata@lemmy.world 59 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Just one more lane bro and we fix traffic, trust me.

[–] david@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I think people downvoting this didn't spot the sarcasm.

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[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Oh good. This is gonna be just like reddit. Things that are literally decades old.

[–] Scarronline@lemmy.world 76 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Isn't reddit content just a reflection of people, and people also exist on this platform

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You aren't stuck on Reddit. You are the Reddit.

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

Oh....oh God...

[–] President_Pyrus@feddit.dk 20 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Did you expect people would really change compared to how they acted on Reddit?

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

What's wrong with this post?

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[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lemmy isn't reddit, but whatever it is, they're both the internet.

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)
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[–] number6@feddit.nl 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Be the traffic you want to become.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Ahh, the Lemmy meme.

[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nah, I am the main character. The world happens to me, get these NPCs out of my way.

[–] havokdj@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Jesus Christ has come for his second resurrection, and his name is Intl

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You aren't shitposting in Lemmy, you ARE the Lemmy!

[–] Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

You are the shitpost in Lemmy!

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[–] beneeney@lemm.ee 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We do not live in a society. We are a society. 😔

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[–] fubo@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You aren't in an orgy. You are the orgy.

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[–] GravelPieceOfSword@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The traffic is stuck in the traffic🚦

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Mix powdered traffic into your traffic.

More traffic per traffic.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You were watching Not Just Bikes in the shower?

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[–] notExactlyI20@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

mmm yes, the traffic is made out of traffic

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[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago

"I'm stuck in traffic" implies they aren't part of it but that it is something that is happening to them.

You're not stuck in it, you are it.

[–] thisNotMyName@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There is not not enough parking, there are too many cars

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[–] malloc@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Been working remote since onset of pandemic. Never going back to the office bro. Couldn't pay me enough to share the roads with the rest of the grinders.

So many hours wasted in traffic.

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[–] PowerGloveSoBad@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

State Anthem of the Soviet Union plays in background

[–] maniacal_gaff@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

This is a Bill Burr bit.

[–] LegionEris@feddit.nl 7 points 2 years ago

They're not mutually exclusive states. You can be part of the traffic, but if you can't get out, you're still stuck in it. You're part of traffic but not stuck in it if and only if you have the opportunity to exit the traffic experience.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Now I'm stuck in the damn traffic that I've helped damn create. Dammit!

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