this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
87 points (84.8% liked)

Showerthoughts

30869 readers
603 users here now

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 most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts: 1

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. No politics
    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
    • If you feel strongly that you want politics back, please volunteer as a mod.
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct

If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.

Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report the message goes away and you never worry about it.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Buddy of mine and I were chatting on Discord and we ended up having a conversation about this topic.

Namely imagine you just put two people in a room. One from New Jersey and one from LA and observe

Wild how different cultures can be even inside a country.

What do y’all think? Is it due to the size of the US (geographically)?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Completely agree. I grew up in the Dallas area and spent 3 years in Colorado Springs. The "coffee culture" of the area was shocking to me. I had a roommate sit me down and tell me I needed to stop wearing camo pants because it looked ridiculous, while it was fairly common back home. There's so many little things that are different that you don't realize until you're in it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm with your friend there, wearing camo is weird, unless you're trying to hide in some snow/shrubbery/desert.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Anything can be camo if you try hard enough

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

When I wear camo pants my husband asks me where my legs are.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Camo clothing is associated with hunting and slaughtering wild animals for sport, and bootlicking military cosplay. it doesn't fly well outside the South.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Yep. Colorado Springs is the start of the American west culture. Texas is the end of the south.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If camo pants are good enough for ole Stone Cold, they are good enough for you. Be yourself.

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

Yeah screw the haters. Wear full on camo and they won’t even be able to see you anyway.