this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2023
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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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[–] Fixbeat@lemmy.ml 129 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Yeah but some people are more traffic than others.

[–] malloc@lemmy.world 54 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

insert lifted truck hogging 2 lanes

insert soccer moms with massive SUVs

Lol

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 36 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (8 children)

Insert the guy in a Prius going 30 mph under the speed limit and slamming on his brakes for no reason.

Insert everyone in the passing lane that isn't passing.

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[–] MooseBoys@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Honestly “soccer mom” is probably a better use of street capacity than most usage of cars. One adult and six kids in a Suburban is much more efficient than three adults each with two kids in the back of three sedans.

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[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 19 points 11 months ago (6 children)

If you swerve in and out of lanes to try to get ahead, you can be traffic for an easy 3 or 4 lanes!

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Love the peeps that risk killing everyone around them to get ten feet ahead in bumper to bumper traffic.

[–] Khotetsu@lib.lgbt 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And only end up being farther back than if they had just stayed put, as everybody else had the same thought, making the new lane the slower one.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 8 points 11 months ago

And even if it doesn't, they lose any time they could have possibly gained the moment they get off the highway and hit a red light.

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[–] pontata@lemmy.world 59 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Just one more lane bro and we fix traffic, trust me.

[–] david@feddit.uk 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I think people downvoting this didn't spot the sarcasm.

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[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 37 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Oh good. This is gonna be just like reddit. Things that are literally decades old.

[–] Scarronline@lemmy.world 75 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Isn't reddit content just a reflection of people, and people also exist on this platform

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 37 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 37 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You aren't stuck on Reddit. You are the Reddit.

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

Oh....oh God...

[–] President_Pyrus@feddit.dk 19 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Did you expect people would really change compared to how they acted on Reddit?

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

What's wrong with this post?

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[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lemmy isn't reddit, but whatever it is, they're both the internet.

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (4 children)
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[–] number6@feddit.nl 33 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Be the traffic you want to become.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

Ahh, the Lemmy meme.

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You aren't shitposting in Lemmy, you ARE the Lemmy!

[–] Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (4 children)

You are the shitpost in Lemmy!

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[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nah, I am the main character. The world happens to me, get these NPCs out of my way.

[–] havokdj@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Jesus Christ has come for his second resurrection, and his name is Intl

[–] beneeney@lemm.ee 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We do not live in a society. We are a society. 😔

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[–] fubo@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You aren't in an orgy. You are the orgy.

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[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So then what’s happening when I drive and there’s no traffic? Am I nothing???!

[–] Salad_Fries@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Youre never “nothing”… youre always something special! I promise :)

Example: when there is no traffic, youre still a noise & particulate generator that lowers property values, warms our planet, and makes the built environment more hostile/dangerous and depressing for everyone nearby.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Whew thank god. Who cares if I’m ruining everything as long as I exist!

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[–] GravelPieceOfSword@lemmy.ca 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The traffic is stuck in the traffic🚦

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Mix powdered traffic into your traffic.

More traffic per traffic.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You were watching Not Just Bikes in the shower?

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[–] malloc@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Been working remote since onset of pandemic. Never going back to the office bro. Couldn't pay me enough to share the roads with the rest of the grinders.

So many hours wasted in traffic.

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[–] PowerGloveSoBad@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

State Anthem of the Soviet Union plays in background

[–] thisNotMyName@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There is not not enough parking, there are too many cars

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[–] maniacal_gaff@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

This is a Bill Burr bit.

[–] notExactlyI20@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

mmm yes, the traffic is made out of traffic

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[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 6 points 11 months ago

"I'm stuck in traffic" implies they aren't part of it but that it is something that is happening to them.

You're not stuck in it, you are it.

[–] LegionEris@feddit.nl 7 points 11 months ago

They're not mutually exclusive states. You can be part of the traffic, but if you can't get out, you're still stuck in it. You're part of traffic but not stuck in it if and only if you have the opportunity to exit the traffic experience.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Now I'm stuck in the damn traffic that I've helped damn create. Dammit!

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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