this post was submitted on 17 May 2025
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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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[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago

I see all of the same names in like every thread here haha. I remember y'all too. I know you are all freaks

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 16 points 20 hours ago

Also, blocking people you don't like is far more effective.

[–] LordGimp@lemm.ee 5 points 15 hours ago

Ita kinda neat imo. It's like being in a small town and seeing a celebrity whenever satansmaggotycumfart joins the conversation.

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 12 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (7 children)

Some people here have a really huge effect. Guys like Stamets, The Picard Maneuver, and MicroWave, I see their posts all the time.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

When I first joined, I saw The Picard Maneuver so often that I thought it was a community, not just a single user.

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 hours ago

I really don't like that

[–] match@pawb.social 37 points 1 day ago (4 children)
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[–] F0od@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago

I don't know a lot of people in my small town and I don't know you!

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 107 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Oh, you sweet summer child.

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[–] Kertyna@feddit.nl 88 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Oh, you umami monsoon adolescent.

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[–] chunes@lemmy.world 9 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

Also because it allows anyone to easily stalk all your comments for some reason. Creepy.

[–] swab148@lemm.ee 10 points 20 hours ago (12 children)

I wanna be stalked! Someone, start stalking me right now!

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, straight edge people still don't drink or smoke cigarettes, even though they're legal. I doubt anything would change regarding the straight edge crowd.

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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 82 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh, you sour winter adult

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 79 points 1 day ago

Oh, you bitter elder of autumn.

[–] tamiya_tt02@lemmy.world 70 points 1 day ago

Oh, you salty spring chicken

[–] bluesheep@lemm.ee 50 points 1 day ago

Oh, you throwaway account nr 0430.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago

Less anonymous, but more effectively pseudonymous =)

[–] zorflieg@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

Who are you and how did you get in my sandbox?

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

From my experience there is only one poster. They are very angry.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 hours ago

Sorry, Lemmy is just me and my 500 alts

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Voyager enhances his effect by counting your votes on individuals. You start seeing people with big numbers.

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[–] fujiwood@lemmy.world 53 points 1 day ago

Oh, you lime and pepper avocado.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 49 points 1 day ago

Oh, you farm fresh egg.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 9 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

I also like that Lemmy has a displayname field separate from the username and it allows you to make it cooler than just boring plain text. 😏

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

That's how I can always spot you in the threads lol You probably never even noticed me though. I'm trying to be inconspicuous over here

[–] ABC123itsEASY@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Haha you are definitely the person that came to my mind but my client only shows the plaintext username now so it's a bit harder to spot you

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[–] Syd@lemm.ee 47 points 1 day ago

Oh, you savory smarch centenarian..

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