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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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  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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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
  4. Posts must be original/unique
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[–] radix@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is strictly catch and release.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I dunno... I kinda like the idea of Parker (via shades of Jeff Goldbloom in "The Fly" maybe) developing an insatiable appetite for insects.

It would make for a fun, thorny, recurring issue at meal-time and all that. :D

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There's a fan film on YouTube that is a horror take on Spiderman. I haven't watched it cause I think I might be too aranchnophobic to handle it

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My bias for BD is surely showing, but I think I might be able to handle more superhero stuff if it was more interesting in all the awkward little ways it should have been, originally.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago

Salut, les garçons!

[–] dumplingry@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

u would think that since spiderman is a spider he would eat flies but knowing his hero status...

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Now I want to see Spider-Man vs Brundlefly from the 80's "The Fly" remake.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

If he couldn't get the damn idiotic thing to fly out the window it flew in, he'd tie it up and leave it for the authorities.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I like to think Peter Parker is the sort of person who captures spiders and puts them outside instead of killing them

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

I like to think he's brave enough to leave a spider in his bedroom if it was a harmless house spider. I'm not, but I'm not a superhero. Although he might understandably have PTSD about spider bites.

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I do that but not because of empathy or karma or anything. I just don't want bug guts smeared across my wall.