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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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[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Specifically if you don't even specify its ai, like I don't mind using it, but be upfront that you don't know and consulted an AI.

Like I see it happening at my work, people just straight copy pasting from copilot or w/e and it's clear to me that's what it is (especially if its discussing things I know that person has never heard of before lol)

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am slowly switching to increasingly less diplomatic reactions when I feel someone is using slop to respond to me or produce any kind of work text. Eventually I'll probably advance to offensive reactions à la "Are you so f*cking incompetent that you can't do better than copy-pasting into a glorified word prediction software?"

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I definitely use it at work to "corporate" my emails or descriptions for things because my way of speaking would be frowned upon lmao. Literally "corpo this sentence please" or something along those lines.

Edit: To be clear, in communications where I have to sound corpo, when talking with my fellow workers I'm normal lmfao