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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

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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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[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you think Wikipedia is the only place that stores historical knowledge, please, start thinking about how much time you're spending online.

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It is a modern library of Alexandria, free to all globally and community built. It's genuinely an amazing surviving piece of the old internet. No one is saying it's the only place, but it is vitally important and a huge deal if it goes away. Shame on you for downplaying that.

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Unfortunately it’s not exactly community built, but more like a class of chronically online editors control it and prevent heterodox views and ideas from being added entirely.

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm not trying to downplay it, but to say it's the be all and end all of all historical knowledge is factually incorrect and myopic.

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Strawman, literally no one said that.

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

... Literally reread the post. "After they kill Wikipedia history will be ai hallucinations".