/r/Showerthoughts
A subreddit for sharing those miniature epiphanies you have that highlight the oddities within the familiar.
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A subreddit for sharing those miniature epiphanies you have that highlight the oddities within the familiar.
"Showerthought" is a loose term that applies to the types of thoughts you might have while carrying out a routine task like showering, driving, or daydreaming. At their best, showerthoughts are universally relatable and find the amusing/interesting within the mundane.
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Rules
1. All content must be original and unique.
Submissions that match (or echo similar sentiments to) ideas offered by other people will be removed, regardless of whether or not those ideas have appeared on Reddit. Blatant reposting and plagiarism may result in a ban.»2. All posts must be showerthoughts.
For an explanation of what a showerthought actually is (and is not), please read this page.3. Your entire thought must be in the title.
You may include examples, explanations, or further information in the body section, but all posts to /r/Showerthoughts must stand on their own as nothing but a title.4. No shower "observations."
Thoughts directly related to being in the shower (or anything related to the bathroom) will be removed. »5. No jokes, puns, wordplay, or submissions which are dependent on definitions, mechanisms, or oddities in language. »
6. No "life pro-tips" or advice. »
7. No posts about Reddit or its functions.
Thoughts pertaining to or mentioning Reddit are not allowed.»8. No posts relating to politics, social justice, or religion. »
9. Don't be a jerk. »
Please see the complete rules page for a full explanation of each of the preceding rules.
Exceedingly nonsensical or common thoughts will be removed at the discretion of the moderation team, as will thoughts that are poorly written, overly vulgar, or obscene.
This subreddit is moderated for quality, which means we remove content that we deem to be low-quality, low-effort, nonsensical, or common/unoriginal. We do not "let the votes decide." We understand this type of policy is controversial and uncommon (especially for a high-traffic subreddit), but we believe it gives /r/Showerthoughts the best chance at maintaining quality.
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Humans are what you get when you leave a bowl of dirty water out in the sun for roughly 4.5 billion years
13:30 UTC
In magic shows almost every audience believe in magic but the magician believe science.
13:27 UTC
As an adult, going to the DMV is the closest thing we have to school picture day.
13:10 UTC
Mr Feeney is still alive.
Great news
13:08 UTC
No one is entitled to anything
12:59 UTC
The odds of you being instantly teleported to mars, due to quantum effects, is technically not zero.
Sure the odds are infinitely low and can be treated as zero for the most part, but is not actually zero.
12:56 UTC
Riding in an elevator to the 10th floor with someone that stops on the 5th floor is fine, but if they stop at the 9th floor it's oddly infuriating
12:53 UTC
When 2 people kiss, they make a big long tube with an arsehole at both ends.
12:52 UTC
In movie, only protogonist has a intresting life story.
12:43 UTC
A lost item rediscovered is always in the last place you look
11:50 UTC
Every human alive has been born at least once
10:59 UTC
The first humans to masturbate didn't have any shame so they did it in front of children
10:32 UTC
Peanut butter doesn’t contain peas, nuts or butter
(Peanuts are a legume)
10:13 UTC
When you play chess you never really get to kill the only king, only take him as a prisoner.
09:40 UTC
2025 is two years away while 2015 only happened yesterday.
08:21 UTC
Technically, all coins are very small statues of whomever is on them.
08:19 UTC
We lose a lot of great music/songs because their composer's tought it was shit and were left incomplete.
07:40 UTC
A really basic and simple way to explain cancer is one becoming allergic to oneself.
I remember my mom explained cancer like this to me when I was a child, and as an adult…well…I find it’s a really simple (not a fully biological) way to describe it.
Heaven forbid you have to describe cancer to a child this, I think, would be the simplest way to do it.
06:44 UTC
Fame: The Pros and Cons
06:44 UTC
For trees, growing up IS a competition
06:31 UTC
There is one more number without a minus sign than there are numbers with a minus sign.
06:30 UTC
The free toothpaste from the dentist always seems to hit different.
06:30 UTC
There is only ever a 0% chance or a 100% chance.
06:29 UTC
Hot Ones is the new Inside the Actor's Studio.
06:07 UTC
Tthe best banger songs are always about banging someone.
06:06 UTC
AI artists of the future will be those with the largest vocabularies
06:05 UTC
Cats have opposite-brows were their whole body has fur but above eyes are patchy.
05:47 UTC
When someone makes eye contact with you, you have no way of knowing whether they are taking on the role of the one seeing or the one being seen. Usually we don’t even know which role we are taking ourselves. Perhaps eye contact abolishes those roles altogether.
05:30 UTC
Not making the word for palindromes, a palindrome, seems like a missed opportunity.
05:07 UTC
Funny thing about loving someone unconditionally is that you think they love you the same way.
04:53 UTC