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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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[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks :)

I remove my own upvote from my comments because I like when it starts at 0

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh! That's interesting, does it ever cause folks to hop on the downvote train? (If you answer I won't see it until tomorrow, I'm shutting down for bed) Anyway, "because I like it" is a good enough reason!

[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I do sometimes wonder if people see the 0, and that biases their opinion or something. More often I get confused replies wondering why my comment seems broken though 😂

I'm a retired programmer, so starting at 0 makes sense to me. I always thought it was weird that you "like" your own comments by default. I don't like them, I'm neutral towards them.

I used to do it on Reddit as well, but they disabled that feature. Unironically one of the reasons I left that place lol

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 23 hours ago

Well I would defend your right to make your comments satisfy yourself with that nice round zero.

In rebuttal I would argue that, if it means anything, an upvote is supposed to signify "this comment deserves to be here," it contributes to the conversation.

In an election, if you don't want yourself to win enough to vote for yourself, you shouldn't be running. You should just let the other person have it if you think they'd do better.

But I'll grant you that since it's not an election, putting the comment out there is enough. And from what I can see yours all do add value.