this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2025
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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:

Rules

  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
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

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[–] BenThereDoneThat@lemm.ee 90 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What the Full are you taking about

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 61 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Just like sodium and chlorine, the combination of the two is a lot milder than either half.

[–] tpihkal@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Instructions unclear.

I just dumped all of my NaOH into my HCl and the flask is getting really hot.

What do now?

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 32 points 1 month ago

Drop some Mentos in it.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago
[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Remembering my chemistry professor telling us about how he went half deaf. As a young TA he had access to a brick of sodium and thought it would be a good idea to throw it into his parents pool

[–] pipe01@programming.dev 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My dumbass was trying to combine the words lol

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's also "heat" and "duck" combined.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Also "helicopter" and "buttock" put together

[–] elfin8er@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Also "helium" and "sock" put together

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 13 points 1 month ago
[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Back in the 80s my roommate and I tried to invent a new swear word. We settled on "cuck!" Definitely sounded dirty but meant nothing, at least to us. And I really don't think it was slang yet back then.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 7 points 1 month ago
[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Holy forking shirt balls.

[–] JiminaMann@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] dabaldeagul@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago

Fulling heck

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm tired of all these monkey-fighting snakes on this Monday to Friday plane!

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

That's what you get when you fight a stranger in the Alps!

[–] _NetNomad@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago

the reason they don't combine into the worst no no word is because of an integer overflow

[–] AwkwrdPrtMskrt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago
[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 3 points 1 month ago

I'd guess that it originates from Hekkenfeldt, an old Nothern European name for Hekla (Heklufjall), an Icelandic volcano believed to be the entrance to Hell and a meeting place for witches.

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Hecking heck

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

Honestly, it's much more versatile:

"Heck you man, I'll heck you up so bad you'll hecking wish you hecked up and went to heck."

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

Fuck works for all of those too.

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

Oh, shove it up your heck!

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago

That's heckin untrue! Some of us just like how it soooooounds!!!

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Flamangoman@leminal.space 1 points 1 month ago

Helk yourself fulk wad!

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

Occasionally the showerthoughts here reach the quality level of the R-site.

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] fubo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Mother mother duck

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

H-E-double-sippy-straws