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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[–] darkfiber@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I hail from the days of BBS (Fidonet days), text based internet, email, Newsgroups (Eternal September Survivor), Slashdot, Digg, Reddit, now here. It's all about what you have to contribute, how you communicate, and how you present yourself.

[–] ricdeh@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)
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[–] qnick@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't support age shaming. Let's not be those people.

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[–] Techyno@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I'm not convinced.

[–] Baohwong@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Statistics say that at least 50% of the internet are bots!

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[–] Strangle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I’m so happy to find a new community. Looking around quickly this seem like a much better group of people to interact with than reddit.

I can’t express enough how glad I am this place exists and I can be done with reddit forever

[–] archomrade@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Huh... I just thought everyone here was just well spoken and kind

[–] Scew@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Upfront it's like that. You can still "make the wrong comment" and get attacked by people for extended periods of time who seem to have nothing better to do than dig through huge threads looking to argue with strangers who are already getting downvoted.

Edit: thankfully it's actually kind of fun having all of them argue with chatGPT.

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[–] DosCommas@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Enjoy it while it lasts.

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