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In 2015, Cookie Monster filmed a viral video titled "Simply Delicious Shower Thoughts with Cookie Monster" for the Mashable YouTube channel. In the video, he explores various New York City museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim, while pondering deep "shower thoughts" about food.

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[-] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago

Ketchup is a fruit butter, not a jam.

Cooked, pureed fruit with sugar and spices, no pectin. Not a jam

[-] Digit@lemmy.wtf 4 points 2 months ago

So to make ketchup, aka a fruit butter, we must first milk the tomatoes, then separate the cream, then churn the tomato cream, then separate the tomato buttermilk.

I had no idea so much went into ketchup.

[-] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Tomato butter is a little different, after you separate the tomato buttercream and add seasoning and vinegar, add back the tomato buttercream until the consistency is where you like it

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Replace cookie monster with Philomena cunk and the picture stays the same

[-] GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Does anyone else now kind of want to see them do a video together? And, no, im not talking a porn video, although...hmmmm....

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[-] jellyfishhunter@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Ketchup is a soft drink. It's fluid, made with fruit and sugar

[-] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago

You wouldn't drink mayonnaise

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 months ago

You don't know me

[-] BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Well yeah, it has no fruit.

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[-] Town@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

Vodka is an energy drink

[-] nialv7@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Pretty sure my stomach does not think.

[-] cravl@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 months ago

Not just your stomach, but your entire digestive system actually. It's called the enteric nervous system, and it's absolutely fascinating (the disfunction of which has recently been linked to a lot of different diseases and disorders). From Wikipedia:

The enteric nervous system (ENS) is one of the three divisions of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), the others being the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS). The ENS is formed from the myenteric plexus, and the submucosal plexus, and consists of a mesh-like system of neurons that governs the functions of the gastrointestinal tract, including motility and secretion, and is known as the "second brain".

The enteric nervous system is capable of operating independently of the brain and spinal cord

The enteric nervous system in humans consists of some 500 million neurons, 0.5% of the number of neurons in the brain, five times as many as the one hundred million neurons in the human spinal cord, and about ⅔ as many as in the whole nervous system of a cat. The enteric nervous system is embedded in the lining of the gastrointestinal system, beginning in the esophagus and extending down to the anus.

[-] Narauko@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

extending down to the anus

Brings a whole new dimension to the phrase "shit for brains".

But on a somewhat more serious thought, could we possibly see evolutionary pressures for adding extra gyri folds in the digestive tract to beef up ENS neuron numbers and density? I wonder if anyone has looked into it from an evolutionary biology perspective yet.

In the future, could we all have a secondary hind brain like they used to theorize sauropods had, or possibly turn into Krang with his android body if Gordon Ramsey is the next step of human evolution?

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Only in the sense that the gut is deeply tied to your emotional state. Example: "that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach"

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

You have a separate nervous system in your gut that operates it. Also does that thinking for that gut feeling.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

The stomach and heart both have neurons in them.

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[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago
[-] tristynalxander@mander.xyz 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Cereal is runny oatmeal, which is thick soup, which is heavily dressed salad; thus, cereal is salad.

[-] Digit@lemmy.wtf 6 points 2 months ago

If, to scorpions, lobsters are mermaids, what are mantis shrimp?

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/mantis-shrimps.html

mantis shrimp

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Mike Tyson in his prime.

[-] BilSabab@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

let him cook, eh

[-] this@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

How is cookie dough the sushi of deserts? Does the meme author mean sashimi?

[-] Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

Maybe because you eat both raw? Maybe

[-] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Sushi doesn't have to be raw. Sashimi is raw by definition. But yes, that's what they were aiming for.

[-] DODOKING38@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

With how much sugar is in that shit it is jam

[-] Photonic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Explain the cookie dough to me please. That one doesn’t make sense to me

[-] BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Lot of people love to eat the cookie dough raw.

[-] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Sushi is raw fish. Cookie dough is raw cookie. And some people eat raw cookie dough as a thing; there are cookie-dough ice cream flavors, for example.

[-] stray@pawb.social 6 points 2 months ago

Sushi is not raw fish. Sushi is vinegared rice.

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[-] Photonic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I know about the ice cream, I’ve had it before. I never really saw it as raw, just as another ingredient or flavor, but I guess it makes sense.

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[-] poseur@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago
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[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

It's a compote

[-] moseschrute@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Cookie Monster is very wise

[-] sanbdra@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I was fine 10 seconds ago… now I’m questioning everything 😭

[-] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 3 points 2 months ago

I had tomato jam once. Do not recommend.

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I had garlic ice cream once. It wasn't horrible, and I'm glad I can say I've had it, but I wouldn't order an entire sundae.

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[-] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 3 points 2 months ago

Cookie Monster: not just vocals.

[-] BetterDev@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

Time to break out this bad boy again

Cuberule.com

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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 most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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