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

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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    • 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
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[–] [email protected] 89 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Asbestos was used because of it's flame retardation and it's easy to make. Provided it's properly encapsulated and does not become damaged risk can be mitigated. Preventing damage is the hard part, no one plans for a tree to fall on their house. Maybe if everyone just wears a air mask all the time we wouldn't have to worry about it.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 5 days ago (3 children)

The mask really gets in the way of eating ass, though.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago (3 children)

A suppository is used to absorb nutrients or medicine into the body. Which brings me to my question: Can you eat ass with your butt?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Unfortunately that only produces the Infinity Turd™️ which is still under patent.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Marketing really missed an opportunity for "InfiniTurd" on that one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Dude it was on the tip of my ass too, I originally had "Infinite Turd" but I thought give the people what they want, MCU

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Not without prosthetics.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Provided the ass isn't made of asbestos you should be fine to remove your mask.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Looks like you’re not familiar with the inside of my mask

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

Asbestos is kind of a wonder material.

Easy to manufacture in complex shapes, inert (acid resistant, so great for chemical pipes), flame retardant, great insulator, and fairly cheap.

Shame that it causes really bad cancer...

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago

Yea, but doesnt everything get damaged? And even if its while breaking it down when disposing/recycling/dumping it?