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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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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 48 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

It's like a public library that lets you borrow and read books from other cities' libraries!

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yes, we have interlibrary loan.

[–] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 months ago

Instant interlibrary loan!

[–] RustyEarthfire@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization

-Jo Walton, Among Others

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

I'm pretty sure most libraries also have that.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

That's called interlibrary loan and it predates the internet by a long time.

1876 officially. Unofficially, centuries before.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlibrary_loan

[–] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

But it doesn't have lots of useful stuff that makes people want to come here :(