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

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Huh. Same in Dutch!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 30 minutes ago

You can only kiss your lips in the mirror

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 hours ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Kolme - that’s 3 in Finnish

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

correct me if I'm wrong, but it's up to 1000 in Spanish, right? I'm wondering if I'm saying 9 right.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 hours ago

Portuguese: 1 (um)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours 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.

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

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

I cover my bottom teeth with my bottom lip at the start so the lips touch on 'four'

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Thought the same, but you're right, putting both lips together makes a plosive.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 hours ago

Egy, kettő, három

3 in hungarian

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 hours ago

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

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

Oh shiiit thats trippy!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Un deux trois... Mille ! In French (France 🇫🇷) 1000 before lips touch.

... Soixante-neuf, septante ! In French (Switzerland 🇨🇭) 70! (in France it's soixante-dix 😂)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

How to say 90 in Swiss French? In French French the (40x2+10) way drives me crazy

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Nonante!
And 80 is octante or huitante depending on the region
It is a little simpler than this base20 thing lol

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

En, to, tre, fire, fem.

1000000 / 5 = 200000

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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

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

250000 times better than english

That's a very low bar tho

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

1 more and you learn why Swedish is superior.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 65 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 20 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 52 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Not if you count using a logarithmic base 10 scale!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 hours ago

Just yell 10! and you've counted way further already

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

pięć [guess the language]

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

My lips touch when I say one.

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