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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:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
Rules
- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- 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
- Posts must be original/unique
- 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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lmfao this thread is nothing but whiny bitches mad that they god forbid might see something that doesnt interest them specifically.
That's kind of how this whole thing is supposed to work though, so yeah, it's a legit concern. And in this example, since the thing they don't want to see is so massively popular, it's everywhere.
Imagine how annoyed you would be seeing something you can't stand everywhere you go, and dozens of times on a site you thought you could avoid it at.
I don't care much seeing a random post that I don't care about, but when it's content that I fucking hate, I look for ways to not have to put up with it when possible, unless it becomes more work than just scrolling past it.