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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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.
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Nah, I'm not trying to give any commentary on Lemmy or Linux in this thread. I'm just talking about how poorly the analogy is lining up for the intended purpose. Honestly, Lemmy shouldn't be pushing any one thing in general, imo.
I do get confused about the people that show up in Linux specific communities and get mad about "all the Linux fanatics", and maybe the original analogy would work for that.
I guess repeating continuing to make analogies in what appears to be a serious tone seems like an odd way to make the argument that the original analogy is broken. You're not pointing out any flaws, using the current analogy to show how it doesn't work... just changing the setting while keeping the overall analogy completely the same.
It's like going to a brothel and continuing to have sex with prostitutes then saying the brothel is broken... sorry, I had to.
Are you saying my dick is broken and not the brothel? Ruh Roh.