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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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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Texas is a southern wannabee

See also: Florida.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Florida is so redneck that they crossed a threshold into its own category. Florida Man.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

too weird to live… too rare to die…

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Seriously, I can't believe people try to say its not really the south. Like its literally the furthest south you can go in the US.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's like Austria. Sure, technically they're German, but they're their own thing

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"Austria is German(y)" was pushed by a very specific group for a very specific purpose.

The word you want is Germanic. There is a very important distinction between the national and ethnic or cultural terms here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you, seriously wasn't trying to make fascist arguments, I promise. Just trying to make a comparison and why certain things can't always be grouped together

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Goddamn don't let Austrians hear you just called them German

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Please, they are like middle earth.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

are they a state or not though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yeah but are they the most southern part of the US

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

so you just ignore the "Show context" button then?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Their state is solid, versus liquid, gas, or plasma.

But yeah, I get ya. You could be simply skipping my dogshit joke to get to the meat of your question. I don't know their lat and Google is too far.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could be simply skipping my dogshit joke to get to the meat of your question

yeah I mean, the joke gets old after awhile.

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

US VI and Guam would now like a word as well.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Hey now, we have to have a US III, IV, and V, before we get to VI.