this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2024
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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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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

But hey, at least the kids won't think it's safe for frogs to eat fireflies.

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

*While carrying 64 1m x 1m x 1m cubic blocks of stone in your hand.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I almost thought "kids aren't that dumb", then I remembered that I jumped out of a tree with an umbrella once because I saw it in a cartoon

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

My brother tried that, but it was the roof and a sofa sized plastic bag.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

Only makes sense

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Woah woah woah. Hey kids reading this - don’t go chasing waterfalls!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to!

[–] [email protected] 34 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Has it also led chidren to believe that if you cut down a tree with an axe it will just hang in the sky instead of falling down?

[–] JasonDJ 2 points 2 hours ago

Or that wolf and sheep come from eggs?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Dunno about kids, but I've seen my fair share of grown men who appear to think so.

Ladders tend to be more stable if you lean them on the tree trunk, and not the branch you're about to saw off.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Probably only in the same way cartoons made kids belief that gravity only takes affect when one looks to the audience. Most often, most kids won't transfer any of that to reality but we all had that one kid at our school who was reaaaaaally close to do the Naruto run.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

but we all had that one kid at our school who was reaaaaaally close to ~~do the Naruto run~~ winning a Darwin award

Close, yes, but not quite there. I was that kid at our school.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 12 hours ago

Woe betide the child that jumps off a cliff with a bucket of water

[–] [email protected] 14 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 13 hours ago

You can but only if you're wearing the Zora armor.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

Yeah I got my cousin to test this, he went in and never appeared at the top, weird, gonna tell god there's a glitch