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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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Maybe this is a regional thing but I've always called it the US

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[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Really? So no one ever anywhere but the US uses the exaggeration ‘best in the world’? Get off it.

You sorta had me in the first half, and there is definitely lots of criticism for US treating say….online spaces as an extension of the US, but you chose to go with ‘greatest in the world ice cream’ as the example? I mean, sure.

[–] VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The irony of saying that only the US uses hyperbole

[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No, but it certainly seems like hyperbole is the default for Americans. Everything is “awesome, “amazing,” “SO fucking _____,” “the most,” “the worst,” “the best”… I don’t think they understand how strange it sounds to most people, speaking that way about nearly everything.

You're not wrong, I was just poking fun at the original comment making a hyperbolic statement about hyperboles

I'd bet that a lot of it comes from how pervasive advertising is; we're constantly bombarded by ads that use that kind of language, so it's worked its way into everyday language