this post was submitted on 05 Aug 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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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

someone in my family has that picture of me from after fishing, and I had caught a fish, and I was a small child, and they got the reaction shot after showing me the fish, and the pic shows I was horrified. Once I'm dead, I hope that pic makes it online. Possibly my youngest pic.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unless you’re a time traveler

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Shall we compare the diaries?"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ah, Jim the Fish!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

True. And the way it's said/written causes a soft perplexity that feels nice.

Now you got me thinking. In my mother tongue, this is not at all perplexing. In order to find out why, I tried a more direct translation from my language to English. Here's my try:

The picture of me youngest is also my oldest picture.