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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: 1

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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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If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How old are you? That's not even close to true.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's quaint, right?

[–] [email protected] 71 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

In the 90s, I remember going to rotten.com and seeing dead bodies. Kids these days don't know about the wild west world web.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

yeah I remember that in 2000 or so. Was scarred for some time. Would not recommend

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

In Tombstone, when Wyatt threatens to turn that dude's head into a canoe? I saw that exact pic on rotten.com. Looked like: U

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

You're a Daisy if you do

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not to mention the granddaddy of link pranks, Goatse. This excerpt from Wikipedia gives a nice little window info how the web operated back then:

The goatse.cx image has been used by website authors to discourage other sites from hot-linking to them. By replacing the hot-linked image with an embarrassing image when hot-linking has been discovered, an unsubtle message is sent to the offending website's operators, visible to all who view the web page in question. In 2007, Wired.com hot-linked to another site in an article about the "sexiest geeks of 2007"; the site subsequently swapped the hot-linked image with one from goatse.cx.

Man, I miss the early Internet.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

2007 was early internet???

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

I remember before it was called rotten.com, it was originally called thecreepingeyemorgue.com. That doesn't exactly roll off the tongue very well though..

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