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

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. No politics
    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.

Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.

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[–] livus@kbin.social 173 points 2 years ago (25 children)

I'm trying to stop caring about it. On reddit I have well over a million karma, and what have I got to show for it?

Here in the fediverse I hope to concentrate on quality interactions rather than quantity.

[–] notrylli@yiffit.net 85 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I’m just glad that in Lemmy you can join the conversation a few hours after submission and still have your message seen by someone.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

I hadn’t thought about that but you’re totally right.

It’s like being at a small dinner party vs. Burning Man :)

[–] Xylight@lemmy.xylight.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Lemmy's comment ranking goal was to do exactly that: don't punish new comments on an old thread.

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