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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:

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    • 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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[–] 58008@lemmy.world 58 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They do if you kiss yourself in the mirror, but only on the lips

[–] SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You can only kiss your lips in the mirror

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wise man once said.

Another thought to disturb restful slumber, especially if you are vain: in a mirror you can kiss yourself only on the lips.

[–] ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Geez, how many accounts does Neil have here...

Not enough, Lemmy is embarrassingly credulous at times.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 24 points 6 days ago

I love this! It doesn't seem like it could possibly be true, but my 30 seconds of testing haven't debunked it.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

And then they touch for every number until 1 trillion

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

!remindme sixty years when i confirm

[–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

there was this one but it had to be whitelisted and i didnt want to spam so i just faked it :)

https://github.com/PangoraWeb/remindme-bot

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 days ago

Mine touch at pebenty peben.

[–] sit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 6 days ago (3 children)
[–] allan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] ahvenkukko@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Kolme - that’s 3 in Finnish

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Mine touch at sebbin.

[–] nore@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Portuguese (Brasil): 1 (um)

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Is this this case in Brasil? In european portuguese your lips don't touch for um

[–] nore@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

Yeah, forgot to specify ;P

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Made me silently count to ten to confirm. Mind expanded.

[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

I'm still counting

[–] KammicRelief@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

what about thirmty three

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

1000 touches.

In french :-)

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Touche, ça touche pas

Et touche pas ça touche

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Ha ha je connais celui là 😁

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

In English, my lips touch when I make the "f" sound at the start of four. I am also pretty sure they touch for one.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Nope, for me my bottom teeth touch my upper lips.

[–] topherclay@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The F sound is usually a labialdental fricative in English. So you are putting your bottom lip on your teeth and letting some air go by to make the F sound.

English has bilabial plosives where you touch both lips together and let air stop for a moment which makes the P or B sounds.

English doesn't have a bilabial fricative so you might be doing this in your dialect and it doesn't stand out to anyone because it doesn't otherwise have a phonetic meaning. But, interestingly, in other languages a bilabial fricative has distinct meaning from a labial dental fricative. I believe I've read that in Japanese the "F" in "Mount Fuji" is actually a bilabial fricative and not the normal F that English speakers use.

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[–] myfavouritename@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm not sure about this. The only way I can make my lips touch when saying that number is if I actually say pour.

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[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 4 days ago

Ah ja, in Dutch that would be "zeven".

Maybe some people touch lips when saying the "F", in that case we would fail at "vijf" (fünf)

[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 4 points 6 days ago

In Belgian French it's 70, and in French² it's 1000

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

3 before my lips touch.

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