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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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[–] Steve@startrek.website 123 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Yes I collect gay bath towels

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 31 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

How can you tell the sexuality of a towel?

edit: I think some people thought I was asking about identifying the gender of the towel. As much as I never thought I'd have to write anything like this sentence: I was asking how to identify the partnership preferred by a towel, rather than anything to do with its hypothetical undercarriage.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Wow, toweldar.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

If you notice they get wet before you've used them to towel off, congrats, they're into you. If they're dry as a bone when you use them, they're really not enjoying it, at all. It's not rocket science.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

Ugh, I can't believe my towel is only into me after it's been used by my partner.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

This might help determine whether or not they enjoy the company of a particular gender, but you couldn't use this method to identify, for example, bisexuality. Unless you take group showers, I guess.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Damn, I guess my gay bath towel just isn't into me. Whatever, I'm still gonna make him rub my cheeks.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

In much of the world, they're all female: la toalla/serviette

I guess that doesn't really help with sexuality though

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Still, I appreciate the revelation!

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world -3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Wouldn't that only tell the 'parts' rather than the sexuality, gender, and so on?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

What are you, a communist?

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

That does sound like something a toilet observer would suggest.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 weeks ago

Well, there are worse hobbies...

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

So you're saying my bi bath towels were taken by someone else?

[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge 2 points 3 weeks ago

Quiet you, I'm trying to buy in while they're still under the radar.