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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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[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

this is honestly a solid shower thoughtπŸ‘

must've had a great shower✨

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 hours ago

Great except for my shampoo irritating the paper cut on my finger πŸ˜„

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 12 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

People will start cutting themselves on razorthin smartphones instead.

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

"I got a razorthinsmartphonecut at the office today" sounds a bit funny

[–] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 11 points 5 hours ago

Considering I will probably never get to own a house, cardboard cuts will always be a thing.

Society will never go fully paperless. If we would have it would have been around 1998. Though I suppose depending on which apocalypse scenario gets us, there will be a time when paper cuts are a rarity only suffered by the few brave souls who scavenge the ruins of the Before Times.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

I had to send mail to the government recently and got a freaking paper cut on my tongue as I licked the envelope glue to seal it. 😬

[–] MMNT@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Use a damp sponge next time, unless you write a letter to your lover in the dragon realm. That one should contain your saliva.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

unless you write a letter to your lover in the dragon realm

Tell me more! How does one acquire a lover in the dragon realm?

[–] Babbiorsetto@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Most use a dating app named Cinder

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 1 points 28 minutes ago

Hah.. I assume you were referencing this, but just in case you're not familiar...

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 5 points 5 hours ago

Paper cut is just one of the way the tree ghost exact revenge, there's plenty of opportunities.

[–] Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@fedia.io 5 points 5 hours ago

@pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de

I can see in the future paper cuts becoming an Olympic sport, like sword fighting. People of the future will stand in a ring with two pieces of paper and will try to make a cut on their opponent's piece of artificially grown skin, placed at the center of their chest. People will cheer as the athletes try to cut their opponent with an ancient piece of technology

[–] doughless@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

I'm clumsy enough that I've got a "paper cut" from aluminum foil while preparing dinner.

[–] gasgiant@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Are the cuts from packaging different then?

Never heard of cardboard cuts.....

[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Cardboard cuts are absolutely a thing, like a paper cut on steroids.

I used to work in a warehouse and spent most of my day opening, resealing, making, and breaking down boxes. Spend enough time around them and the boxes will get you.

[–] astrsk@fedia.io 2 points 1 hour ago

Don’t forget the extreme dryness ptsd_dog.png

[–] gasgiant@lemmy.ml 2 points 25 minutes ago (1 children)

Yeah but does anyone call them that? I'd still call that kind of fine cut a paper cut.

Never heard anyone say "ow I've got a cardboard cut"

[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 minutes ago

I call it "box attack"

[–] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 0 points 6 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I got my pet meds handed to me in a paper bag and somehow managed to give myself a paper cut getting the cat into the car while holding this bag. It was the first paper cut I've had in years, and my reaction was "I wonder if this is still recyclable." Still better than plastic bags, I suppose.

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 hours ago

This post was inspired by me wondering how I got one. I'm pretty sure it was from opening junk mail, one of the few ways I interact with paper anymore.