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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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  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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Remember when Google introduced text-only ads to replace flashing animated banners and pop-up ads popular at the time? I didn't mind those and I didn't need an adblocker.

Nowadays YouTube is the primary reason I have to use an adblocker. It is literally unusable with all the ads.

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[–] cloudless@piefed.social 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

YouTube isn’t a necessity — and neither is the internet, really. We don’t need them to survive. That said, I do enjoy YouTube as a form of entertainment. I’ve tried alternatives like NewPipe and Invidious, but none of them work as smoothly as YouTube with ad blockers.

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I use NewPipe, all YT links are redirected to NP app. It is flawless.

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So you mean people dont have to use YTs native frontend?
First message sounded like you implied others could switch to peertube or something (which is an option but with tradeoffs)

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago

Yeah, I sorta shortcuted my comment. Happens all the time