this post was submitted on 20 Jul 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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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[–] [email protected] 146 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I'm so tired of seeing people talk about this guy here.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reddit is like the ex they cant get over. Lemmy is reddit now.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There was a lot of talk about Fark on Digg, and about Digg on reddit. It's just the Circle of Life.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

It was a lot like a proto reddit. They made a bunch of changes to monetize and there was a mass exodus to reddit

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

15 years ago it was THE place to mindlessly scroll and see cool tech articles and other things. Before they got greedy.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh that I wish it were. Lemmy is improving, but it does not even approach the quantity and diversity of content Reddit has.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm finding it better. Yeah, there's less content and diversity, but the quality feels a lot better. I'm interested in a much larger share of the posts I see.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Same. I sort Lemmy by new and like most of the posts. On reddit, new is all AskReddit drivel.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

True, l just post something to seed some data

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I didn't care for it while I was a reddit user. The guy literally doesn't care if you post 'fuck /u/spez' randomly in a comment section. Why let the guy live rent free in your head when you can step away from his domain and influence and never bothered again?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I specifically joined Lemmy to get away from Reddit. Why does everyone constantly want to talk about Reddit? There are much more interesting topics out there, folks

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Catharsis and Schadenfreude (two very, very good words)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Remember to downtime the post. The doots work both ways.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nah, I decided to not downvote anyone on lemmy. Only upvotes. We need more positivity in our lives.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nah, it’s important to talk shit about people who suck that do corporatist shit like Spez. I don’t care about him but I’m just a sucker for anything like that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

We all are.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Yhea it just seems bitter

[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For a person everyone seemingly hates you guys sure do talk about him a lot. I'd much rather have my feed filled with content that's not about Spez, Elon, Twitter, Reddit etc. Just move on already..

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seriously y’all sound bitter as fuck. Like being obsessed with your ex.

The fastest way to kill Reddit is to stop talking about it.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I believe the people still ranting about Reddit just have not yet given up their hope in returning there some day when Reddit has "learned their lesson".

For some, Lemmy is just a temporary protesting statement.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Because I have my doubt that Lemmy will come close featurewise for now. The whole search engine issue for Lemmy content (right now it sucks to Google for topics) and lack of GDPR compliance (deleted isn't even deleted), as well as visible votes to everyone (it's currently only hidden in the UI but everyone could see the names of user who voted up and down), are three issues they need to solve.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There's a bunch of schadenfreude in there, too.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why not start with editing this post and adding his name in brackets?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Lol the irony

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago

Mod of /r/Jailbait?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably would have made sense to use his real name (Steve Huffman) in the title, Mr Jackmeehoff

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Or at least in the post description lol, thanks to you I know his name now.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Huffman is just an empty suit. His purpose is to take the flak for all the unpopular changes that the money people want him to make.

He'll probably be gone within 2 years, get a nice payday, and never have to work again.

Focusing your ire on Huffman specifically plays right into Reddit's hands. And spamming "fuck u/spez" everywhere just makes those of us who oppose the direction that Reddit has taken look like petulant children to neutral observers.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's the founder. He wants to cash out. He's doing anything to get there.

That's more than just an empty suit. Someone with a backbone would have gone a different direction

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

He's a founder who already cashed out years ago—before being brought back to give the money people a credible figurehead.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He doesn't deserve a real name.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Personally I'd like to thank Steve Huffman. Without him I would not have discovered Lemmy and I really like it here!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We should forget about our ex (Reddit). Lemmy is our new boyfriend/girlfriend. We should cherish her/him and give her/him some good lovin'.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Instructions unclear...I've made a mess of my phone

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Forget everything about this guy

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean like Brock Turner, the rapist?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Brock Allen Turner the Convicted Rapist. He's tried going by "Allen Turner" before.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Can we please get over reddit and spez and move on. All the reddit content is making Lemmy much less fun to be on.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uh huh. So what's his name?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Fart Huffman

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Also known as Scumbag Steve Huffingman.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

His real name, Hugh Jarsol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Samuel Pezmonger is a whole butt!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

People REALLY need to let it go.

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