Have you ever zoned out while doing some menial task, like washing the dishes or feeding your pet or, oh IDK, SHOWERING, and then, seemingly out of no where, you have an incredibly random-yet-mind-blowing thought?
Well, that's EXACTLY what the subreddit r/Showerthoughts exists to document! So, with that in mind, here a just a few of the most random, most fun, most mind-blowing thoughts shared:
1. "The drink list on a restaurant menu is never at the very front, despite it being the very first question asked at every restaurant."
3. "The syllables in 'on your mark, get set, go' are a countdown."
4. "Our whole life, we're just gathering guests that'll attend our funeral."
5. "There is a number so big, no one has ever wrote it, said it, or even thought of it."
6. "If Wookies have a 400-year life span, then Han Solo is basically like Chewbacca's third dog."
7. "Lots of random people own rare, valuable items without knowing it."
8. "When you're growing up as a kid, you don't realize you're also watching your mom and dad grow up."
9. "We laugh when dogs get excited about hearing a bark on TV but if TV was a nonstop stream of unintelligible noises and then someone suddenly spoke to you in your language, you'd be pretty fucking startled, too."
10. "Gummy worms have more bones in them than actual worms."
11. "Lamps in video games use real electricity."
12. "James Bond is always doing amazing feats in tailored suits. It’s amazing to think of what he’d be able to accomplish in athletic wear designed for the specific extreme activity he was involved in."
13. "If someone tells you a plot point for a story in advance, it’s a spoiler. But if the author does it, it’s foreshadowing."
14. "Almost everyone will go around the sun more times in their life than around the Earth."
15. "Santa Claus knows exactly where all the evil people are in the world but doesn't do anything about it."
16. "Being the last person to comment on something is actually a lot harder than being first."
17. "Your password has probably locked you out more times than it has locked other people out."
18. "You can remember that you forgot something but you can't remember what you forgot."
19. "Anxiety is like when video game combat music is playing but you can't find any enemies."
20. "You aren't paid according to how hard you work; you are paid according to how hard your employer thinks you are to replace."
21. "Stan Lee’s funeral was a reverse cameo. All the superheroes appeared in the background of his story."
22. "The tallest person in the world has physically experienced being the exact height of every other person in the world at some point."
23. "People who respond with, 'That's not how the world works!' when told to be nicer by others are the exact reason that that's not how the world works."
24. "Watching a graduation ceremony is essentially just sitting through a movie that's entirely end credits."
25. "Your thoughts might actually be in such a personalized, coded shorthand that even if someone COULD read your mind, they wouldn’t understand what the hell you’re thinking."
26. "Light bulbs were such a good idea that they became the symbol for a good idea."
27. And last, but certainly not least: "A lemon is not naturally occurring. It's a hybrid developed by crossbreeding a bitter orange and a citron. So life never gave us lemons; we invented them ourselves."
There ya have it! Which of these shower thoughts really got you thinkin'? DO you have a shower thought of your own? Share and blow some minds in the comments below! Oh, and be sure to check out r/Showerthoughts for even MORE great entries!
NOTE: Some thoughts were edited for length and/or clarity. H/T Reddit!