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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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[–] bluGill@fedia.io 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

but I won't get the insightful reply someone else makes next week unless they reply to me.

[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Why shouldn't you get a well-considered answer? I'm sure you'll take another look at the thread. It does happen, but then you're usually one of the few people who read these well-considered answers.

I'm not saying that there aren't well-researched answers on social media, I'm just getting at the fact that there's time pressure if you want your answer to reach a certain audience.

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe one day we will be able to sort by old posts that have got a bunch of good, new comments.

[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

That would be great.