this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2023
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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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It's not the kids, not the lurkers, not the mods... y'all just nice people. Lemmy's got a good vibe going... or at least enough windows that we can close if the vibe gets shit.

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[–] platysalty@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm on kbin, but such is the beauty of federation

[–] bappity@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

fediverse connecting two types of apps like this is awesome, I'm posting from lemmy

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[–] Cornpop@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Amen! It's a little slow but I'm perfectly fine with that! Everyone here is vibing for sure!

[–] LucidDreamer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Oh, this is actually what I clicked and not a baseball post

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[–] RickySmith@yall.theatl.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think it’s early tech adopters are just excited about something nice and will play nice to try to hero it grow. I remember the early internet being a really nice place.

It’ll get ruined soon enough.

[–] Shadywack@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Instances can get ruined, sure, but the decentralized nature means ruination has to focus on the Fediverse. It remains to be seen how it will get ruined. Like the Reddit honeymoon after Digg's collapse, we get to watch this be the hero until it becomes the villain.

[–] FuccDiss@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I agree. Haven’t seen any trolls at all.

[–] Shadywack@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I remember when people made the effort to be nice on Reddit as well. Opinions were valued and courtesy was extended with a benefit of the doubt, before it turned into a "not up for discussion" shithole. It was like watching someone get wealthy with their fuck you money, and then the community went to shit as mods got tired of trolls, opinions were no longer valued, and the echo chamber effect became amplified.

[–] Fornicus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

That virtual smell of unfamiliar server exhaust air. Wonderful.

[–] Corey1031d@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It really is nice here. I love the break from the constant shitposting that is on reddit.

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