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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Dial Tone (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Sometime, probably close to 20 years ago, but perhaps more recently, you heard a dial tone for the last time and you didn’t even realize it would be.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have a landline, I hear a dial tone every time I pick up the phone.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Low-key way of informing everyone that nobody ever calls your landline.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Or that they're the ones making all the calls.