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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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[–] PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (3 children)

Where I was raised there wasn't a taboo over coffee as a "drink for adults" (something that I learned from American movies and found quite funny). When I was a kid I'd drink coffee with milk because I didn't care much about coffee, but nobody would bat an eye if I did... I also never understood that thing about people drinking coffee and getting energized. From what I learned, American-style coffee has about half the caffeine of the regular coffee we have here (Brazil), and not rarely I have coffee with bread or cookies before bed (if I didn't have dinner and I'm feeling too lazy to make something). It doesn't affect my sleep in the least and I never felt the least energized with coffee. I always thought this thing about caffeine getting you high was a joke from movies, but people in real life do seem to claim it :S (well, I do remember teens smoking oregano thinking it was pot and claiming to be high as well...)

ps: Nope, I'm not addicted to coffee. The regular breakfast here is coffee with bread and butter, but most of the time I don't have breakfast before leaving so I don't drink any coffee the whole day, and I go weeks without drinking it. If it isn't to have coffee with bread, cookies or biscuits, I don't have coffee at all.

[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 hours ago

There's a common myth over here that coffee can stunt a child's growth. A myth I only today learned was false after researching it for this comment.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I think that's just movies - kids just wouldn't like coffee because it's bitter. No one I've known has said kids can't have coffee, just recognize they won't like it.

Hell, my father let me taste his coffee and beer when I was 5-ish because I was curious. I disliked the coffee completely, but the beer had something...

I stumbled on liking coffee in my 20's.

Edit: caffeine effects people differently. As a young adult caffeine wouldn't keep me from sleeping, today if I have coffee late in the day it may impact my sleep. A sibling can't have any caffeine after lunch or it definitely messes with sleep.

[–] PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 hours ago

I also always see people saying that having a coffee or a smoke helps them take a shit in the morning, because they wake up, have a coffee and cigarette and they take a shit... well, I wake up, don't do either, and after 5-10min I take a shit too...