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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I wish there was a website where people can upload and view historic photos of roads and places on a map UI (lemmy.cafe)

submitted 3 months ago by solinus@lemmy.cafe to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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Sometimes I go past an old looking building or see some traces of old signage on a store and wonder what they used to be, especially when those traces are hard to read or obscured.

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[–] solinus@lemmy.cafe 1 points 3 months ago

Thay's what I was thinking. Google maps/street view only goes back to the late 00s, but I'd like to go back as far as the early 20th century if not earlier