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] 40 points 1 month ago (2 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?

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

Or that wolf and sheep come from eggs?

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

I mean, they do… just not ones that are laid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month 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] 25 points 1 month 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] 5 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Only makes sense

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

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

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

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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