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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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[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago

There is no socialism on social media

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I remember when The Learning Channel had learning on it. Now watching it actively depletes your intellect.

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There is no Mötorhead on Lemmy

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Its all simple minded commercial fodder. Geared to hold the attention of the slow witted emotion driven masses long enough to throw ads down their psychological throats

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

And Beyond 2000 stopped airing in 1999

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

There's little to no British content on BBC America.

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[–] _lilith@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Travel channel and Food network switch content sometimes

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

And there are no Indians in Indiana.

To the tune of Home Again In Indiana:

There are no Indians, in In-diana Most were removed, through treaties And the Del-a-ware, had no care went to Miss-ou-ri, with ease The Shaw-nee screwed, the Mi-am-i With the treaty, of, Fort Wayne William Hen-ry Harr-i-son versus Te-cumseh The In-dian's loss, became, whitey's gain Now there are no Indians in In-diana

[–] texasspacejoey@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

There's no entertainment on BET

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 4 points 2 months ago

Under capitalism, when you have the perfect product the only way to continue to increase profits is to make cheaper and shittier

[–] sparr@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Learning Channel changed their name to TLC when they stopped carrying educational content.

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[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

There's no Nick's on Nickelodeon.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Nick Cannon used to have a show on Nickelodeon

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[–] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

No Turner on the Turner Broadcasting System (TBS)

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's the same here in the UK, multiple BBC channels all disappointing

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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I've heard it said, lawyers and police create criminals, doctors create sick people, politicians create corruption.

Don't know how true a sentiment that is, but I can see some true aspects to it.

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[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Deep.

This is now classic stoner chat.

This dude took it for a spin over a decade ago...

No music on MTV

[–] Kintarian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So I'm supposed to know about an article that was written a decade ago. It's a joke, relax.

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[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What are these, tv channels ? youtube ? they seem badly named

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