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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:

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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[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Often followed by, "I said that?"

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Then you read your original comment and, no, you didn't say that; someone's just trying to gaslight you or they're straw manning.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or they keep explaining what you already said because they don't understand nuance or context.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Or your take is just fucking bad and your ego won't let you admit it, one of the two.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 0 points 8 hours ago

I did. I'm always right, we're talking about you and your bad takes (the ones I don't agree with)