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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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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

1000 touches.

In french :-)

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 16 hours ago

!remindme sixty years when i confirm

what about thirmty three

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 8 points 18 hours ago

Mine touch at pebenty peben.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 10 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

And then they touch for every number until 1 trillion

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can only kiss your lips in the mirror

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 3 points 2 hours 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 1 points 29 minutes ago

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

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 53 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] espentan@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yup, I can't get past 5 in Norwegian.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I got to three ín Hungarian.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It's 'fem' in Swedish too, guessing it's something similar in Norwegian? In Hebrew the first is 5 too (Chamesh/חמש), so that's an interesting pattern

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Yes, it's 'fem' in Norwegian, too..

[–] KammicRelief@lemmy.world 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

I'm still counting

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

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

[–] sit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago (5 children)
[–] nore@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 hour ago

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

[–] djmikeale@lemm.ee 56 points 1 day ago (5 children)

En, to, tre, fire, fem.

1000000 / 5 = 200000

Here's the proof that Danish is 200.000 times better than English.

[–] MoonlightFox@lemmy.world 1 points 21 minutes ago

As long as you have that ridiculous "to og en halvfjers" counting system, you do not have a superior system 😉

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In romanian, it ends at 4. Romanian is 25% better than dutch and 250000 times better than english

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 1 day ago

250000 times better than english

That's a very low bar tho

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 78 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What if I say "um" somewhere because I lost my place?

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Then it's your fault for not saying "uh" instead!

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 64 points 1 day ago (3 children)

that's one hell of a water bill if you were in the shower counting to one million.

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[–] bremen15 36 points 1 day ago (7 children)
[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 23 hours ago

It applies to any English-speaking country, which makes sense since it's written in English.

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[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] SaharaMaleikuhm 4 points 20 hours ago

Not in German tho. Sieben

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day 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 1 day ago (4 children)

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

[–] topherclay@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours 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.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I meant to say upper teeth to bottom lip, not the other way around.

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[–] myfavouritename@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day 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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[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Egy, kettő, három

3 in hungarian

[–] ianfraserkrillmaster@midwest.social 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

ce, ome, yei, nahui (Nahuatl)

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 1 points 10 hours ago

I guess you win

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[–] Whulum@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh shiiit thats trippy!

[–] superkret 11 points 1 day ago

Joke's on you, I'm Roman.
My lips already touch at 𝕄.

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