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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.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 points 12 hours ago

Fried chicken from the supermarket deli is affordable. $16 for 12 pieces of dark meat. Enough to give me at least two meals, probably three.

Responsible adulting, requires fried chicken.

[–] FluidBeef@quokk.au 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 15 hours ago

Hard disagree.

[–] mattc@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

But there ain't no thang like a chicken waaaaang

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Why the fuck not? I'm not switching to breast. Breast meat sucks.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

I believe the idea is fried chicken wings. Fried food is not a good daily meal.

[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 3 points 15 hours ago

Very limited by choice here if I want frozen chicken. 99% is ultra processed crap. Went through an entire aisle the other day in Iceland and not one raw or even plain cooked option for chicken. Everything was battered or covered in what ever sauce and more expensive because of it.

Aldi had chicken breast and that was the only option.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It's actually pretty good if you give it some maillard and seasoning. Don't just boil it and expect Popeyes.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It still ain't better than the wings and thighs when they're made the same way.

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[–] TemplaerDude@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don’t really like chicken wings. Too much messy work for too little reward.

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Hold onto the side of the flat with the knuckle cartilage and twist the small bone and pull it out, now you can mouth the whole flat and pull the meat from a single bone or if you twist and pull the bigger bone out you can eat the thing whole except the cartilage.

It is still a lot of work vs reward but the crispness of the skin and sauce holding ability make them worthwhile.

[–] KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I can absolutely destroy a plate of wings in like just a couple minutes using this technique and my reckless abandon for devouring cartilage. This is just basically a skill issue

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

We went to a wing Wednesday and I got down about 45 wings myself pretty easy. I'm not a fan of the cartilage so I skip that.

[–] Tehhund@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Part of being an adult is knowing that OP needs to mind their own business.

[–] myyass@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Part of being an adult is eating chicken wings everyday for a week until you get bored because you can. lol

I like the hot sauce lol

[–] stopforgettingit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

reminds me of the saying - the difference between wisdom and knowledge is, knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit and wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

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