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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

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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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[–] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You can't kill Wikipedia. MediaWiki is free software. If hosting in the US proves to be too hostile, the foundation can either pack up and host elsewhere, and even if they don't, anyone else can easily host their own Wikipedia as well.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I'm not here to be a doomer but net neutrality was murdered.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago

You can download Wikipedia to your computer. It’s big but it’s not an unreasonable download size. Many people have backed it up already!

It’s very unlikely to disappear without someone having a copy.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

Better fucking not. Wikipedia is my life bruh.

Download the Downloader / Viewer at https://kiwix.org/.

Get your own backed up copy and keep it on a thumb drive.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Wait surely there's someone using ai to edit wiki articles? Is that a thing?

[–] xoggy@programming.dev 1 points 6 days ago

Yes, I think that's the scenario most commenters are missing; Wikipedia could evolve into something it's not. Then what good are backups as they won't capture the decades/centuries to come.

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