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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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Creative taste is a much rarer thing to have than it seemed if AI slop is so popular to generate and consume 7 German The Jackal 53 »
Kids these days and their AI content farm brain rot videos. Back in my day we watched hand-crafted YouTube Poops and rotted our brains without the use of artificial intelligence. 30 early_riser 133 »
Regular coffee machines are muzzle-loading guns, and K-cups are cartridge guns 12 GhastfromthePast 40 »
A lot of people will tell you to go with a Kohler, but, for my money, a Delta or a Moen are going to be just as reliable and have comparable water pressure. 38 doomslang 132 »
Potatoes must be one of the most versatile foods. Vodka, chips, mashed, baked, scalloped, hash browns. It's for all occasions.
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Humans are only walking digestive tracts 34 gandalf_der_13te 53 »
It just occurred to me why some trust potentially unethical moderation: They are authoritarians. Of course they believe that if someone is appointed over them, they are above reproach. 6 HCSOThrowaway -1 »
If datacerters are forced on communities, they should be forced to provide free heating/access to those communities. 25 rumba 56 »
About a decade and a half later I realized they are not singing "what does she really want, a british fantasy, me walking out the door" in Hey Ya by Outkast 11 TheReanuKeeves 14 »
Antivax is a way for people to rationalise their fear of needles
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Do you think I'm worth loving (sh.itjust.works) 29 Jenny -153 »
Besides humans probably no other species on this planet comprehends the concept of hot or cooked food 31 WeHi 54 »
Birds probably travel in flocks because one takes off and the others think they must know where good food is and follow. 10 Quilotoa 62 »
Generation Y is nicknamed Millennials, Generation Z is the Smartphone Generation, Generation Alpha may be called GenAI. 20 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘 50 »
work context of society is like a bodybuilder, building muscles for nothing 5 gandalf_der_13te 26 »
Water is to Urine like Bread is to Toast 3 Zulu -5 »
It must suck being a divorced time-traveller with kids 50 tetris11 77 »
If I ever open a taco stand I'm going to call it "Taco Wednesdays" 13 MintyFresh 50 »
To a Buddhist, life is a rogue-lite 18 FUCKING_CUNO 91 »
People who design gearboxes are also doing some reverse engineering 4 TranquilTurbulence 93 »
Since the brain is made up of fat, lard is probably the closest possible thing to literal brain food 34 insanemantis 34 »
AI is just an compression algorithm 25 Frettchen 37 »
When was the last time you saw somebody slip on a bar or soap, or a banana peel? 23 susieq0044 51 »
Making beds and building houses is just the human creature nest making ritual 7 empireOfLove2 59 »
"A rising tide lifts all boats" is only good news for people with boats. 42 potoooooooo 🥔 108 »
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About this forum

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.

9 members · 946 topics · 25747 posts
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