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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.

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I was watching This Is England from 2006, and it reminded me of the olden days of yore, in the fabled before-times, where people would just bunch up together every Friday in someone's flat, get drunk, blast music, and talk without distractions.

I can barely remember it now.

Anyway, get off my synthetic lawn.

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[–] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Bro all of you with friends happy with staying in one place are crazy. Every partier I know wants to change bars every 45m

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Every partier I know wants to change bars every 45m

This is one thing I don’t understand about The Kids. Is the idea to get some sort of Instagram pic at every single place, like a narcissistic scavenger hunt?

[–] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Chasing the vibe (tm), this bar doesn't have it, maybe the next one will, to infinity

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

There was no way to coordinate, so you'd talk in school on Thursday and decide about meeting up in so and so's house whose parents were away on Saturday and it would just spread like through some weird subcommunications channel and people would show up and you never knew what to expect because nobody was sure who would show up or when or if...

Then if you were like a couple of lads or gals short someone would be like "I know this dude at so and so adress let's go there!"...

It was spontaneous. I don't think spontaneity has changed much in humans over the past two decades, just the form of it, or perhaps the constraints within which it operates.

It feels less important now, less like an adventure.

Now bring me my defibrillator will you?