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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:

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    • 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
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[–] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

But Facebook still exists.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yep, it still exists. Like a marionetted corpse waltzing around selling garage sale items and finding lost dogs.

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[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't understand the "killed Facebook" thing either. I haven't used Facebook in almost 10 years but as far as I know it's still printing money.

[–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Killed Facebook because the people who were into it and enjoyed using it.. stopped using it 10 years ago. If I were to log into my Facebook account right now, I would see my mum posting Sovereign Citizen stuff. My aunty sharing photo after photo of my nephews and nieces. My other aunty talking about her later life crisis holidays to South Africa. And advertisement after advertisement for random junk.

If I’m lucky, one of my friends will have posted something like “Photo from Butterfly Effect reunion last night. These guys still kick ass”

“Facebook” is alive and well but it’s a different product than we knew and, whether intended or not, target audience is boomers and terminally online jerkoffs.

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[–] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

The thing you kids don't understand about entering middle age is yes you'll see thy thing you hated because kids use it die but kids don't stop- there will be something that replaces it which will be even more alien and distressing for you

[–] mysoulishome@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think TikTok is at its peak and will be sad if it goes to shit like Insta and Facebook. Although I am a Gen Xer it currently fills the holes that Twitter and Reddit left empty…I see what is trending, cool stuff, news, cute animals and broaden my horizons with lgbtq and black issues. Of course it’s not the same experience for everyone but I find it pretty fulfilling a lot of times as social media, entertainment etc.

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