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Let’s get one thing clear: the shower may be a great place to sing your heart out, but it’s even better to get those creative ideas flowing.

Just think about it: you’re in an enclosed space with warm, comforting water, and your mind is simply roaming where it wants to.

Suddenly, you realize you’re doing much more than just mindlessly shampooing your hair — you’re allowing your brain to find brilliant fleeting thoughts you can’t wait to share with everyone else.

There’s one corner over on Reddit that eagerly waits for you to do so. Let us introduce you to the Shower Thoughts online group that serves as the perfect outlet to share those "miniature epiphanies you have that highlight the oddities within the familiar." With over 24 million members, it has archived quite the collection of unexpected, hilarious, and profound Aha! moments.

We have scoured the community and gathered some of the best gems of wisdom that might leave you pondering all day, so have a read through them right below.

Upvote the ones that surprised you most, and share your own earth-shattering ideas with us in the comments! After you’re done musing about this compilation, be sure to check out our earlier parts of this post right here.

#1

Shower thought about space junk making Earth look like a cluttered lawn from an extraterrestrial viewpoint.

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Nathaniel
Community Member
4 years ago

It is called yard art!

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    #2

    Funny realization: Dogs would enjoy toys in dog food bags like cereal prizes.

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    ️
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited)

    Someone should do this…I would buy it for my dog

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    #3

    Reddit post humorously criticizing Harry Potter's emotional stability, shared in a shower thoughts community.

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    Julieandthephatones
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    true!

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    #4

    Shower thought text about vampires inheriting wealth from mortals.

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    third molar
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    They can also invest in low interest long term deposits

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    #5

    "Funny realization about freedom perception shared by user in online community r/Showerthoughts."

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    Foxxy (The Original)
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited)

    They are both true, we just have many different freedoms.

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    #6

    Tweet about the absence of a Bond film in 2007, questioning the logic humorously.

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    Christopher Gerlach
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Thousand* Years.

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    #7

    Text from an online community highlights a funny realization about Star Wars gravity.

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    Julieandthephatones
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Omg yess!

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    #8

    Reddit post from user pondering a humorous thought about mosquitos and h****n addicts.

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    Who Panda 420
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    "Man I got to follow that dude around for when I need my next hit"

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    #9

    Text from an online community about a funny realization involving noise-cancelling headphones and attention signals.

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    Todoroki Simp
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    When i was first reading it, i thought it said "when you ar wearing noise" and I was so confused

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    #10

    Reddit post from Showerthoughts about the skill of Googling, highlighting how some excel in finding accurate results.

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    Tabitha Martel
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Yes!!! I explain this to people but they don't always believe me. Certain things I can google quite proficiently and other things I prefer my husband to search or a friend.

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    #11

    "Funny realization about caffeine use and napping, shared in an online community."

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    Who Panda 420
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Very true. And caffeine is like the only drug that they encourage you to use at work.

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    #12

    Text post from an online community about a dating app idea focusing on shared dislikes, with votes and comments visible.

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    Maximilián Dráp
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    it's because people tend to unite easier against something, than to unite for something

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    #13

    Humorous shower thought about interpreters preventing historical conflicts through mistranslation.

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    Juan Ghote
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Like the monk that transcribed celebrate to celibate and now all priests are forever punished by essentially a typo... :-)

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    #14

    Reddit post with a hilarious realization about a three-day workweek and being defined by hobbies instead of jobs.

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    Black Pearl
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I would be a writer who writes (if my plans for the future work out)

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    #15

    Shower thought about the most successful lie in history, suggesting it's still believed, shared in an online community.

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    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Cough cough Christianity cough.

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    #16

    A funny shower thought about valuing human life compared to fish from an online community post.

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    René Studer
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited)

    There are several animals I‘d prefer to be alive over some people.

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    #17

    Online community shares a funny shower realization about Osama Bin Laden playing CounterStrike.

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    Juan Ghote
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    He was probably an aimbotting script kiddie :-P

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    #18

    Screenshot of a hilarious realization about s***m donation shared in an online community post.

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    El Dee
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    There's probably enough in one country. Each 'load' has hundreds of millions..

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    #19

    Reddit post about a hilarious shower realization comparing CPR rhythms to iconic songs.

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    Mac 🇺🇦
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    My EMT instructor told us that, but cautioned us on not singing Another One Bites The Dust if there are onlookers there!

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    #20

    Funny realization about phone use: from buying ringtones in 2002 to keeping phones on silent in 2022.

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    Stephen Gross
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    People used to spend $50 on screensavers.

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    #21

    Reddit post from r/Showerthoughts about s*x shops benefiting from self-checkout.

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    Benita Valdez
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Some people just get too shy to bring their items up to a person.

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    #22

    Funny realization about inflation and heist movies shared by an online community.

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    ggus44
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    And in Fast & Furious 1, they were stealing VCRs 🤣

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    #23

    Reddit post from Showerthoughts about wolves being larger than expected, humorous realization.

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    donna peluda
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    So true, I went to the wolf park and they where much more "leggier" tall and thinner then I expected. Still beautiful animals..

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    #24

    Reddit post from r/Showerthoughts: "Every child is trained by their parents for a world that is one generation out of date."

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    Juan Ghote
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    The Amish would like to challenge that assumption.

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    #25

    Reddit post from Showerthoughts humorously noting two ant movies in 1998 was sufficient.

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    René Studer
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    You want more?

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    #26

    Text from an online community about a funny realization on human intelligence limits, posted in r/Showerthoughts.

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    Mindghost
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    If we were made to unsolve this mysteries, we would have the senses to.

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    #27

    Reddit post from r/Showerthoughts about lab-grown meat and future perceptions of eating animals; 74.1k likes, 8872 comments.

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    C W
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Factory farming will be remembered for what it is

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    #28

    Showerthought about The Little Mermaid reimagined as an environmental PSA on ocean trash, shared by an online community.

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    Alexandru Bucur
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Well yeah, there's a webcomic called "The Little Trashmaid" which works off this exact premise: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/the-little-trashmaid/list?title_no=300138&page=1

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    #29

    Funny realization posted in an online community about real estate companies' tactics to sell more houses.

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    Al Christensen
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Multi-generational homes were pretty much the norm prior to 1950s.

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    #30

    Online community post about a funny realization regarding granite's short time in kitchens despite millions of years forming.

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    Juan Ghote
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    And now "manufactured" stone/granite causes silicosis that's killing installers...

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    #31

    Shower thought text humorously ponders social norms around early drinking at airport Chili's.

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    Juan Ghote
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Your 9am may well be my 9pm - Time is relative to the person experiencing it.

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    #32

    Reddit post from Showerthoughts: Realization about our generation being the most sober in history, with high engagement.

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    Boudewijn van der Mik
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    That 'll be Pre-Lockdown I presume?

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    #33

    Reddit post from Showerthoughts discussing smart watches and privacy in a humorous NSFW context.

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    Nathaniel
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Andy, look at all the steps you have done, but you have not left your bedroom all day?

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    #34

    Shower thought comparing the vast difference between a million and a billion to blowing up the moon or the Sun.

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    Party Poison
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    No single person should have more than (random high number!) 100 million dollars. Everything over that amount should go to contributing society not a single rich a*****e's penis shaped rocket flight!

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    #35

    Text post about a humorous shower realization involving voice actors of Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

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    eve
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Now it's stuck in my head 😅

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    #36

    Reddit post from r/Showerthoughts questioning the impact of 1 HP damage in real life with humorous realization.

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    Black Pearl
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I mean, getting stabbed with a sword is getting stabbed with a sword even if you only lose 1 HP

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    #37

    Mindblowing-Shower-Thoughts

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    El Dee
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    It's weird, if that situation was IRL ( I mean not on a stage, but in a normal setting with normal people) then Chris Rock would've gotten a LOT less sympathy..

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    #38

    Mindblowing-Shower-Thoughts

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    Black Pearl
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    You have no idea how many times I've wished pokemon were real. It would be so cool. I also wish dragons were real.

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