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

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Shut it down. Shutting down.

(Shutting up?)

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[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That depends on the direction of the opening. Shut up means basically the same thing as shut down, but the hinged part operates in the opposite direction.

[–] degen@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, just shut works for either. It's less so redundancy and more specificity.

If you think about it, there's only meaning with a frame of reference. Shutting up or shutting down could be nonsensical in the Void, as many things would be, I imagine.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Shut the door, or close the window. Which came first, Doors or Windows?.. 🤔

[–] degen@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Depends. If a room just has a hole in the wall, is it still a doorway?

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

So if I just kick a hole in a wall at a friends house, it's ok to pee into it as well?

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago

Doors and corners kid

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

And I think you shut up a mountain cabin.