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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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Electric cars have to make noise on purpose because otherwise it would be a silent car. And most of these noises are are weird futuristic WEEEE-00000 UFO sounds. Therefore I posit that we should be able to change the noises our electric cars make

EDIT: These suggestions are Top-Notch! Keep em coming!

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[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 9 points 22 hours ago

Would absolutely drive around with the spaceship noise from Scooby Doo.

[–] fargeol@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

Ice cream truck music 😈

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago

You can but it takes some work

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

You already can on some. Hella videos of people doing it in Teslas, but my BF's hybrid can also change the electric engine sound (or just leave it silent).

[–] ToxicWaste@lemmy.cafe 9 points 23 hours ago

one of the neighbours tesla would make horse drawn cart noise. not sure if they still can do that. i dont live there anymore...

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[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 7 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I want mine to sound like a TIE Fighter.

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

WHAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[–] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The Walking Fart sound.

prrt prrt prrt prrt prrt prrt prrt

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[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 points 19 hours ago

I heard this in my head.

[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 19 hours ago

I like Rivian's which just mostly sounds like a cross between static and a creek

[–] braydan@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

I've always wanted the Screaming sun

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Apparently Tesla has a whoopee cushion feature that plays the sound from a seat of your choosing. It would be nice if you could change the back-up sounds into farts.

[–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world -1 points 17 hours ago (5 children)

Back-up sounds? On a consumer vehicle?

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[–] ElectricAirship@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 19 hours ago

I want the submarine radar sound every movie uses

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