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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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But the advantage is that Lemmy allows Tor. 😅

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[–] answersplease77@lemmy.world 2 points 40 minutes ago

your privacy is worse on lemmy. anyone can access all your comment and post upvotes and downvotes. your pms are open for server admins to read. both examples need to be fixed imo

[–] Magnus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It's the same with every small forum tbh

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 3 points 52 minutes ago

Typical Magnus comment.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 47 minutes ago

The place is a Village rather than a City.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 hour ago

It's also not only about upvotes here.

[–] optimistic@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago
[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 17 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I think should touch some grass because i may recognise more people here than in the village i am living in for like 2 jears

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 hours ago

Username checks out

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

Its impossible to delete anything on the fediverse

[–] v_krishna@lemmy.ml 16 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It's impossible to delete anything on the internet. You can't control everybody's backups.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

What happens on the internet stays on the internet. As in "it doesn't go away"

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 2 points 51 minutes ago

Except things you desperately need 10+ years later. Those are gone.

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

Its easier to edit than to delete. So if you want something gone you should edit it first

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 6 points 4 hours ago

There's a chance your edits won't propagate to all instances though.

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[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 13 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It feels like Reddit felt twenty years ago

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Reddit 20 years ago was mostly just Reddit staff

[–] slappypantsgo@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

By 2007, reddit definitely felt pretty big to me. But like an overgrown small town maybe.

[–] megane_kun@lemm.ee 34 points 9 hours ago (8 children)

For some of the really prolific posters, yes. But there are also lurkers like me.

I doubt anyone can recognize me when I comment or encounter a comment I made.

[–] heyfrancis@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Sa PH lang kita madalas nakikita, san ka ba nagpo-post pre? 😃

[–] megane_kun@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago

Pakalat-kalat lang ako. Kung saan lang mapagtripan. 😅

Bihira lang din akong magpost kasi madalas wala rin naman akong masabi o maidagdag.


I'm just hanging around at random places. Wherever my fancy takes me.

I rarely post too, since I rarely have anything to say or add.

[–] CombatWombat1212@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 hours ago

I will never forget you.

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