this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2023
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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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[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Hiiiiiii guys! ~

I'm new heeereeeee! Am 12/f/cali looking for cutey cutey fweends!!!!! Uwu

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[–] Purpureo@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I loved reddit but there were definitely times where it felt like I was in a high school cafeteria.

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[–] Nobody@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's so good because a lot of people have been waiting for a viable alternative to Reddit for half a decade or longer. It's non-corporate internet, the way it should be.

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[–] heffa@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

the kids are alright

[–] DuzAwe@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I remember shortly after the death of digg rage comics being peak humor and suddenly an influx of kids not understanding how to make a rage comic killing that sub.

It reminds me of the day the internet died, when so many new AOL users overwhelmed the forums at the time and killed all the etiquette that had formed up to that point. Internet been stagnant for longer than it should have been. I’m excited to see where things go now.

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[–] razorwiregoatlick@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reminds me of Reddit around 2010.

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[–] hunte@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The internet as a whole was much better when websites and services were not designed to cater to kids.

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[–] simo@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The deep rock galactic subreddit got overrun by kids and their stupid, shit memes, long live Lemmy!

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[–] Dejiko@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I dont know, it feels like reddit still and it isnt much about age. Pseudointelligents are present, braggers present, ad-hominem enthusiasts present, fingerprinting my machine to death most likely present, i still fear getting banned for speaking my mind as in all english-language spaces so it will probably be my first and last post on this website if not for the omnipresent abusive and constantly angry mods on every community oriented site i had posted on that bullied me for me being me and high functioning but still autism Mixed feelings, but gatekeeping quality destroyers works, thats my experience and objective knowledge that it works, and some spaces have lower demographics by age than this place but are the cozy village with admin that doesnt exploit it. Its not about age its about maturity Lets sit and watch what is going to hatch of this site, my feelings are mixed

[–] _kato@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Would you not consider people in their mid twenties kids?

[–] Dran_Arcana@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm in my early 30s and still feel like a child most of the time

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