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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.

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 67 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)
[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 70 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's their superficial resemblance to pinecones.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's a bit cherry picked, but only a bit, since there are a few languages that just copied the English word later on.
Japanese and Korean come to mind.

[–] this@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

That actually makes it funnier to me because ananas would be easier to pronounce in Japanese vs pineapple. Ananansu(u is silent) vs Painappuru.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 points 3 months ago

Oh absolutely!
They just had no ananas exposure beyond that from the Americans.

[–] raef@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] raef@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Here's how the creation of the graphic went:

  • Create a binary
  • Ignore vast majority (of people working with subject)
  • slap together chart, cherrypicking
  • Gloat
[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

And anthough it might be correct, I've never head anyone say mañana in Basque. We just use piña(pinia)

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Fun fact: no one knows why us squid are called that in English and no other language calls us anything like that.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

i call bullshit. its "abacaxi" in portuguese, not nanana