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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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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Memes are as old as humanity, so Internet memes are as old as the Internet, starting ca. 1993.

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Like many other commenters, I wouldn't consider rickrolling to be "early internet." First of all it's a mutation of the duckroll meme, and dates as late as 2007. Trogdor predates rickrolling by 5 years.

But, I do have to say, I appreciate the rickroll as the internet's official prank. Tricking someone into watching a slightly cheesy but inoffensive music video to an actually pretty good song about being a faithful lover is pretty okay.

[–] coaxil@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Consummate V's!!!!!

[–] Drgon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's better than when a link could bring you to meatspin, lemon party, or Goatse

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

"HEY EVERYBODY I'M LOOKING AT GAY PORN."

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

What about the memes that South Park made fun of years ago?

Star Wars kid

Dramatic look gopher

Tron guy

Etc.

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