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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: 1

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[–] [email protected] 147 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Rick roll is hardly early internet.

Source, im old

[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Yeah, but goatse isn't very wholesome. Let the kid believe :P

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago

You're the man now dog?

Dancing baby?

Hell there were viral things before Google existed.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Goatse is the definition of some hole, tub girl on the other hand...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

No, but it is hole-some.

[–] Auli 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Star wars kid, daft punk hands, daft punk girls, ninja kid there are tons of earlier internet memes.

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

I forgot about daft punk hands. Wow.

Badger badger badger was always fun. So was End of ze world.

And even those are pretty late memes.

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

I second this comment. I am old too. 🤣

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think all your base is pretty wholesome :3

I mean, TAKE OFF EVERY ZIG!! 🥰

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

I put on my robe and wizard hat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Even that one wasn't that early. That was like 2000/2001 or something like that. I remember listening to the mp3 of the song on my drive to college.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Actually it was found that Rick roll was originally inspired by an old Internet video dated back to the late 70s. They did a research on that if you're interested.

[–] PithyPolynym 4 points 2 years ago

Knew what "a research" was linking to, but I clicked it anyway.

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

I got an ad before the video, ffs. My day is ruined.

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

Ope, link preview coming in clutch.

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

Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hey, not everyone has the ID memorised... I'm not one of them, but still

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

Why, when I saw my first decapitation video I was merely a boy!