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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:

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  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

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If the government is willing to spend the effort to investigate, they'll find that deleted comment you posted 10 years ago criticizing the government.

But if you want to find your lost files after your cloud account gets suspended for vague "ToS Violations", I hope you have a backup, because good luck trying to get the cloud provider to send you a copy of your files.

It might be out there, but not for you.

Unless you convince a government to try and get it for you. 🤔

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I had this conversation with some non-tech savvy relatives a while ago. I think because they'd heard that adage they were under the impression that just by virtue of something being posted online it will remain there forever. Its more like once you post something online you can potentially lose control of it. So it could disappear completely if the site goes down, the file is corrupted or you remove it yourself and the platform or host you used didn't keep a backup. But also someone could download/ screenshot it and even if whatever host agrees to delete it and any backups you still have no way to stop it proliferating, so you should act like everything you post will remain online forever.