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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: 1

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[โ€“] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 64 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Tell me you don't know how to cook without telling me you don't know how to cook.

Pre-heating is useful.

[โ€“] marcos@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

Do you prefer your food to taste good or not?

But reading the T&C is useless.

[โ€“] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 13 points 9 months ago

No, most people pre-heat their ovens.

[โ€“] cmeu@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

I pre heat, but usually don't read all the t & c ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

[โ€“] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Confidentially incorrect. (Before someone wants to correct me, it's intentional.)

[โ€“] spittingimage@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Everyone pre-heats their oven! ...Don't they?

[โ€“] criitz@reddthat.com 8 points 9 months ago

Today OP learned

[โ€“] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 8 points 9 months ago

How are these things related?

[โ€“] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 8 points 9 months ago

You... You don't preheat your oven?

[โ€“] fubbernuckin@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Reading terms and conditions is much more time consuming than preheating.

[โ€“] dotslashme@infosec.pub 5 points 9 months ago

I pre-heat and I read tos;dr for laughs and giggles of what they're trying to force me to agree to.

[โ€“] Mechanite@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Do you not preheat your oven..?

[โ€“] NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

It really depends in both cases.

Hearing a frozen pizza? Maybe I won't wait for it to pre heat fully. Something I made to bake from scratch, following a recipe? Yeah I will wait for the oven to pre heat.

Same with terms and conditions. In many cases I won't read them, but some deserve a skim or a serious read.

[โ€“] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

I take the easy way out https://tosdr.org (no oven btw).

[โ€“] Willie@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Nope,

I preheat the oven consistently but don't consistently read terms and conditions or license agreements.

[โ€“] dukethorion@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

You can't read stuff with a beer in one hand and the grill tongs in the other.