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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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Don't drink fant drinks when you drive!

Fanta: ๐Ÿ˜Ÿ

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[โ€“] Ethanol@pawb.social 44 points 10 months ago (4 children)

According to wiktionary infant comes from the Latin word infans, meaning "unable to speak". The term fans means "to speak".

Not sure if your Fanta can speak though :P

[โ€“] 6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 10 months ago

Which is why we have "infantry." Soldiers who don't speak and follow orders

[โ€“] Gilles_D@feddit.de 15 points 10 months ago (4 children)

As a side note here, Fanta was derived from the German word โ€žFantasieโ€œ. I donโ€™t think it needs translating.

[โ€“] lugal@sopuli.xyz 16 points 10 months ago

Side note on the side note: Fanta was invented in nazi Germany because they couldn't import all the ingredients for Cola

[โ€“] z500@startrek.website 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง fantasy
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น fantasia
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท fantaisie
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ fantazie
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ fantazia
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ ั„ะฐะฝั‚ะฐะทะธั
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช FANTASIE

[โ€“] idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Ah yes, a reference to the thousand year dream /s

[โ€“] LolaCat@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So it wouldnโ€™t be technically wrong to refer to mute people as infants right? /s

[โ€“] SgtAStrawberry@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Probably falls into the same or similar category as calling them dumb, ones open a time an acceptable word to call them, but not really today. You know unless you are looking to insult them for being mute.

[โ€“] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Right. The term that would probably fit the context would be "infantile", which again has negative connotations.

English has a long history of descriptors of intellectual deficiencies becoming contemporary insults then terms to be avoided because of that insensitive use, then the use continuing until everyone's kinda desensitized to it but now it can't be used in the original context.

See also: idiot, imbecile, moron, etc.

Currently going through that process: "retarded".

[โ€“] squaresinger@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Happens in most languages.

Also, many languages have a link between deafness and lacking intelligence, e.g. dumb meaning "not able to speak" and "not intelligent".

In general, being sensitive to people with disabilities (both physical and mental) is a rather young concept, hence anything that would make someone not be able to be part of society is often also an insult.

That's also why e.g. terms linked deafness/muteness are often an insult to someone's intelligence, while e.g. terms linked to blindness are not. Blind people might be unable to perform some things seeing people are able to, but blindness doesn't necessarily limit someone's ability to be part of a society unaccomodating to people with disabilities.

[โ€“] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Might change your thoughts on blindness as an insult by attending a sporting event where a ref or ump makes a questionable call...but broadly speaking, I think your comment is definitely a worthwhile contribution.

[โ€“] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

We're fans, yo!