It’ll come back to you..
Probably next time you’re without your phone. Alone. On a bus. With your stop coming up. And an important meeting awaiting there. No stress.
this post was submitted on 19 May 2025
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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:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Duly noted. --The edit being that I said dually noted, which had previously meant to me "I'll remember that twice as hard" Obviously i shit the bed on that one.
Yeeeeah dude. I just looked it up, I've been fucking that up forever.
That may be sew, but for all intensive purposes, you tried your best, irregardless.
It's just an eggcorn.
They make the point in that video that it can't be considered a real mistake since it makes its own kind of sense.
If you duelly note something, remember to use training swords.
i like lembo, although it's a bit abstract
I stole the idea from you! And I'm not giving it back
Keep trying to grasp it and just go back in the same physical space you were I when you came up with it.
That also often happens to me, and doorways are kinda literally mind-wipers. So you're in the bathroom, balling that thought for a while, deciding to go and write it down, step out of the bathroom...
This is because our brains model reality based on physical locations. So a new room is a "new scene" and your brain starts a new chapter.
It doesn't even need to be an actual room. A door frame is sufficient. They tried this with a memory test where there's two tables, you have to remember what's on one and then arrange the other to match. For some they put a door frame between the tables, for some they didn't. There's a very clear effect.