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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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A scandal about Bill Gates would be called Bill Gates-gate. (lemmy.world)
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[–] hrimfaxi_work@midwest.social 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I was kinda hoping that in the current era, political scandals would get a new suffix. Watergate happened 50 years ago, so popular first-hand memory of it is waning.

There was a moment when I thought we could transition to [scandal]-a-lago, but it never happened.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

maybe when independent inquires into government start happening again you'll uncover a scandal that can take the mantle.

I'll just be over here holding my breath.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Hey man, the dream isn't dead