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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.

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Usually its like just a few words sprinkled in, or at most like one or two lines...

Literally I feel like they're just trying to say: "Hey this is a foreign language I'm sooo cooool!"

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[–] Jela@lemmy.today 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Not to mention the use of hors d'oeuvres, cul-de-sac, faux pas, rendezvous, cliche....

[–] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 day ago (3 children)

And then there's the German ones: kindergarten, eigenvalues, ...

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 hours ago

De hell is "Eigenvalues"??

[–] Gobbel2000@programming.dev 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Please show me songs about eigenvalues.

[–] noodly_appendage@lemmy.myserv.one 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I found two that are at least loosely about eigenvalues:

And a few more containing the word "eigenvalue" but not focussing on it.

Edit: Despite my best effords, I could not find any songs in german about eigenvalues or eigenvectors. Very sad.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 hours ago
Oh, the Fourier transform of revolution
In the manifold of dialectic space
Comrades, let us normalize the solution
To the eigenvalue of the human race

I am not entirely sure I'm going to let that count as English. /s

I believe when the person said what the fuck are eigenvalues? They were intending on mainstream English songs.

[–] white_nrdy@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lmao two wildly different concepts

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

L'amour vs Science.