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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. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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The "just google it" mantra has probably held back quite a lot of interesting conversations and debate (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by jeremoose@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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I've always been a "lurker" on all platforms and communities because when I do have a question or would like to contribute my first thought has become:

Actually, let me google it first

In which case I'll usually have some answer. Usually it isn't a complete answer but enough for me to not want to share my question anymore.

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[–] Raor@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I came out of lurking because you took the words out of my mouth. You have technical leads saying the words "best practice", yet when you ask for a documented reference, suddenly there's no time to go into the detail and we move on to the next issue resolving nothing.

[–] arcrust@lemmy.fmhy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

The worst is when you KNOW something is the best practice, but no one bothered to write it down