this post was submitted on 09 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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I don't mind the posts and the communities, but so many of the users are insufferable.

They poison the well for any cool person who might be registered there.

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[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 points 23 hours ago

Later last year, I did notice an uptick in Lemmy hostility, across the board. It's calmed down significantly, though, around January of this year or so. Now, I don't know about the instances that my home instance blocks (hexbear being among them, thankfully). I've generally had good experiences with infosec users in the past, which is why I moved instances to here. Sorry that hasn't been your experience; people can be assholes.