Same, fellow human, same.
this post was submitted on 24 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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"I have a good life[...] The world is so terrible" screams "I engage with social media toxic to my mental health" to me but my context of your existence is 3 sentences so...
Take that as advice or criticism but the world has never been perfect and certainly will never be as close to perfect as the funnel of negativity online echo chambers and recommendation algos can be
If you have a good life, and you're fine with loads of your neighbors not having a good life, you're a psychopath.
I promise you, if you're American, there are people struggling to find their next meal less than a fifteen minute drive from your door.
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This belongs in [email protected] or !shootingthebreeze or whatever, not here. Like 1 in 3 other posts, yes. Literally breaks rules #1 and #2.
The "mods" in this community are asleep at the wheel. Might as well not have them.
How does it break rule 1? Are you watching OP and reading their mind to know for sure they didn't think of this while in the shower?
Also this community is actively asking for more mods. They're saying they're not active enough to do it all.
A shower thought is not just any thought in a shower or a thought about showers. It's something slightly random and absurd and most often humorous to some degree. Quite often an observation of some sort. Something that typically happens when you zone out while having a shower.
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Me too bruh
My dream is to one day become that wise old person you climb a mountain top to visit and to have them bestow wisdom upon. You're not alone, friend. But, taking breaks, even if it's as short as watching a funny movie, reading a good book, or sitting in a park with some coffee or tea. Pouring out a cup as it's being filled , even it's a little bit, will stop it from overflowing.
Omg twinsies except for the doing well and having a good life part.
Relevant song: https://youtu.be/jDceI1yiwbc
And from the same artist, something that I try to keep in mind: https://youtu.be/u4pjTV1pyGE
Wish I had some clever anecdote that helped. All I can do is summit as many mountains as I can until the air is unbreathable and do my best to force myself to take the long way down.
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It's all by design. I try to keep it only in my peripheral and I stay far away from Uber Socials.
Same
You’re not alone.
Are you eating enough fibre?
I consume a pound of hickory every day, is that enough?
Eat a pound of flesh too
Take a week. Avoid any social media, news, etc. as much as you possibly can. Try to get out in nature by going for short walks and just focus on doing things you enjoy (or try something new). Yes, the world keeps going - but you need to recharge your batteries, my friend. Take. A. Break.
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He hears the silence howling
Catches angels as they fall
And the all-time winner
Has got him by the balls
Oh, he picks up Gideon's Bible
Open at page one
I said, God, he stole the handle and,
The train it won't stop goin'
No way to slow down
No way to slow down
No way to slow down
Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath
I've never heard this song, but it can be sung to the tune of Folsom prison
Just listen to the song and you’ll hear rock music’s best and worst flutist at the same time.
No one fluttertounges like Jethro
Mind blown
Nice deep cut
but it keeps going.
Just let it go...