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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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[–] PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child)

Where I was raised there wasn't a taboo over coffee as a "drink for adults" (something that I learned from American movies and found quite funny). When I was a kid I'd drink coffee with milk because I didn't care much about coffee, but nobody would bat an eye if I did... I also never understood that thing about people drinking coffee and getting energized. From what I learned, American-style coffee has about half the caffeine of the regular coffee we have here (Brazil), and not rarely I have coffee with bread or cookies before bed (if I didn't have dinner and I'm feeling too lazy to make something). It doesn't affect my sleep in the least and I never felt the least energized with coffee. I always thought this thing about caffeine getting you high was a joke from movies, but people in real life do seem to claim it :S (well, I do remember teens smoking oregano thinking it was pot and claiming to be high as well...)

ps: Nope, I'm not addicted to coffee. The regular breakfast here is coffee with bread and butter, but most of the time I don't have breakfast before leaving so I don't drink any coffee the whole day, and I go weeks without drinking it. If it isn't to have coffee with bread, cookies or biscuits, I don't have coffee at all.

[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 week ago

There's a common myth over here that coffee can stunt a child's growth. A myth I only today learned was false after researching it for this comment.

[–] Mim@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 week ago (1 child)

You mean it moves to an addiction?

[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 1 point 1 week ago

I can quit it anytime I want to suffer caffeine withdrawal headaches.

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 0 points 1 week ago (1 child)

That can be said of most narcotics

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 1 point 1 week ago

Narcotics are opioids or other downers.

Caffeine is obviously psychoactive but is not a narcotic.