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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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i’m doing it because I want to make the fediverse more friendly place, in hopes of making it more welcoming for new users, and the nicer place in general. But I wonder how much is just less bots.

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

I’ll admit, I’ve had far better experiences here than I have on Reddit; Lemmings aren’t as prone to argue on nonsensical topics as Redditors are.

That being said, there are still more than a few nasties here.

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

Well Karma ain’t a thing here so there’s not that much reason for bots to exist. Where on Reddit people make certain karma bots to sell. So here! Have a updoot. 👍

[–] LemmyBe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for the upvote, and back at you. I’m thinking bots would be used to change discourse for whatever purposes.

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[–] volrath@vdcw.social 4 points 2 years ago
[–] krzschlss@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

It's just social credit. Why care?

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

You have a lovely bum

[–] TrismegistusMx@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (16 children)

Have you talked to the Atheists on here? Cantankerous bunch. They've been in their little bubble for so long they get triggered by the slightest perceived critique of capitalist materialism.

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

As a general rule I have rarely interacted with other self-professed atheists that are specifically pro-capitalism. I'm going to have to go scroll through the community here, and see that for myself because I'm having a hard time squaring that in my head.

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[–] AngryBear@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Im too new to tell if Lemmy is more left or right leaning or somewhere in the middle. But Reddit is extreme left wing, you can’t even make a (bad) joke without getting banned.

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

Think again fuckface.

-throws the ball and runs away to cloud district-

[–] Novman@feddit.it 3 points 2 years ago

Maybe the reddit admins add toxicity to improve engagement? Post/comment manipulation seems common on internet today.

[–] Mautobu@victoriagaming.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Shut up and take my upvote.

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

Lemmy succeeded in what SomethingAwful is doing for $10.

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