this post was submitted on 17 May 2025
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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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But the advantage is that Lemmy allows Tor. 😅

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[–] BlackPenguins@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago (12 children)

You look at usernames? I've never done that here or on Reddit.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Even without usernames. There is some people i recognize by topic, opinion and the way they express themselves. If you spend too much time here that isn't difficult.

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[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

I see all of the same names in like every thread here haha. I remember y'all too. I know you are all freaks

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 points 4 days ago (6 children)

I also like that Lemmy has a displayname field separate from the username and it allows you to make it cooler than just boring plain text. 😏

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[–] mlg@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

Some people actually use the tag feature so that they remember users when they see them again lol

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Also because it allows anyone to easily stalk all your comments for some reason. Creepy.

[–] swab148@lemm.ee 11 points 4 days ago (12 children)

I wanna be stalked! Someone, start stalking me right now!

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I NEVER NOTICED YOUR USERNAME, BUT RECOGNIZE YOUR PROFILE PIC MF'ER! I'MA CRANK MY HOG AND GET IT WARMED UP TO START STALKING YOU RIGHT NOW BROTHER! AROOOOOOO!!!

[–] swab148@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago

HELL YEAH MF'ER STALK ME DOWN TO STURGIS AND STALK ME INTO ONE OF THOSE HOG CRANKIN' JOINTS WHERE WE CAN ALL CRANK OUR HOGS TOGETHER

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 days ago (5 children)

a bit more personal and warm, its nice.

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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 points 3 days ago

Oh, you pickled moon dumpling.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] muusemuuse@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

Meh, wake me when it has an i2p presence

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 11 points 4 days ago

Who needs anonymity? I put my real name, address, social security number, and agenda in my profile. Ha ha. you see no agenda because im just a typical earth man with no agenda of course. lol.

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