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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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[–] [email protected] 148 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I skipped those, but I’m about to ruin whatever new platform my kids get in to.

[–] [email protected] 74 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Your boomer parents? You're 40 something?

[–] [email protected] 54 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (4 children)

An old person? On my Lemmy? Gasp

[–] [email protected] 44 points 8 months ago

On lemmy? A platform made by those who miss the "good old days" when reddit was good? Full of old people? Impossible.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How excited will you be when you reach the "nice" age?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

So you're 69 in spirit! Nice!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Wow, you can fuck right off!

* now, where did I leave my reading glasses? *

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Seriously, people past the age of 30 should not be on the internet. They should be on the golf course or playing shuffleboard or rotting away on a retirement ocean cruiseline somewhere.

/s

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

As an elder 40-something, I agree with you. Problem is, the economy doesn’t. I’ll be working until I die. In the meantime, I need the memes to help keep me numb to all the shit going in around me. Please don’t take those away from me. It’s all I have anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I do enjoy a round of golf. And have you ever played shuffleboard? It's quite fun, especially on a cruise.

Shit.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago (2 children)

A lot of us are, yeah. Even with young whippersnappers like yourself fizzing around on your electrified skateboards and what have you, I'm pretty sure the average age here on Lemmy is closer to 40 than 30 🤷

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I'm 30 and I literally have 2 electric skateboards lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Sounds about right to me

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago (1 children)

... was written on lemmy 😬

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Implying we aren't mostly disgruntled boomers here.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'm pretty sure we're mostly disgruntled Millennials and Gen-X'ers.

Anyhow, it looks like TikTok might finally be heading towards some sort of ban or regulation in the US, so maybe it'll get killed by the Boomers but in a different way.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

Some genZ here too :) moved from Reddit to Lemmy

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Dont forget gen Z tech workers

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Get outta here, y'all were in middle school yesterday.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Gen Z are like 20-30 years old by now

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Nah. If you started skipping trends already you are free. Just use what you like lol

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Well I happen to like embarrassing my kids so…

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Carry on. 😆

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

💀
I hope that was not serious.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why? It’s a time-honored parenting tradition. And one that doesn’t involve child abuse.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Boomers and child neglect - name a better duo.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Boomers and pulling the ladder up behind them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I'm told that the joy of embarrassing your children is the main upside of parenting, actually.

Like being Michael Scott/David Brent of The Office on purpose and they have to be the long-suffering employees of Dunder-Mifflin/Wernham Hogg.

Because no matter how much you play the oaf, some fool still allowed you to be in charge of something important 😁

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I can't wait to log in to the newest gamer platform only to engage in trash talk with a select group of boys. Three of them, to be exact.

"I fucked your mom!"
"Dad, go away..."