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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.

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I'm sure there must be some out there, but in the English speaking world I'd say it's the most unique name I've heard.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Damn your right

I have met 2 people with it as middle names though

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Wikipedia has a couple of them! Sigourney Thayer was an American theatre producer born 1896, Sigourney Trask was an American missionary born 1849, and Sigourney Bandjar is a Surinamese footballer born 1984

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Trask Industries, wolverine creator.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Nothing on Sigourney Weaver? She played Dr. Venkman's girlfriend in Ghostbusters.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 week ago (23 children)

I still find it upsetting that nowhere in the ghostbusters lore have they ever touched on why a ghost randomly gave Ray a blowjob, or how he knew to let it happen.

Like......first off. HOW was that in a kids movie??? Secondly, it's just there. Like the ghost knew Ray wanted it, and Ray knew to let it happen. Then the movie just moves on, and other than Ray being embarassed to explain he had it happen, it's never mentioned again.

And speaking of not making sense....the second movie starts off with the city of NYC not believing in ghosts. They JUST had a 50 foot marshmellow man make global news a few years earlier! It would have made more sense for them to be out of business because they think all the ghosts have been busted, and therefore nobody hires them. Instead, we see people snickering and calling them crockpots.

Just imagine if in 2008 nobody remembered 9/11 and called TSA crazy for thinking planes could be hijacked. Thats the level of news coverage a 50 foot tall marshmellow man destroying NYC would get.

And and and!!! What about at the end of the movie when they cross the streams, and blow up a building in NYC, but are somehow perfectly fine afterwards? And then Winston yells I LOVE NEW YORK!!!

Why did he yell that? That makes no sense! The mayor spent the whole movie trying to shut you down. The citizens treat you like criminals. The city has attracted an invasive species of afterlife spirits that seek to kill you. You just attempted a move that had a 50/50 chance of destroying the universe. And AFTER surviving a massive bomb on the roof of a building, you randomly yell that out.

Ya know what? Winston had a concussion. I'm going with that. It's the only thing that makes any sense. He's suffering from a concussion and doesn't know what's going on.

So how's your guys day going? I'm doing fine as you can see. I'm clearly not a lunatic.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

That's Susan Weaver.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Funny that they're all in entertainment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

the famous actress Sigourney Weaver? (Alien franchise)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thats who they're talking about.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are you guys talking about Sigourney Weaver?

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Yeah, that's the one we all know. The sole Sigourney.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

The singular Sigourney.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Originating from French, the first name Sigourney carries a powerful and compelling meaning: The Conqueror.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, so there really was only room for one Sigourney.

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[–] [email protected] 121 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Neither has sigourney weaver, seeing as her name is Susan. Wikipedia says she took it frk. The great Gatsby at 14

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Yeah, the only place I heard it was from that story, Sigourney Howard, a peripheral character. No other Sigourneys ever (in my experience).

I'm sure somebody must know a real one.

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