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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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Big light mode has been stealing our memes for too long. It's time to push back.

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[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Edit: Red text on a background of green squares of various shades. It reads, "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."

This edit inspired by Zagorath

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago

This edit inspired by Zagorath

Fuck yeah!

Btw the other way you can do it (which will only be noticeable to users with screen readers) is to put the alt text between the square brackets.

![alt text](image url)
[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unironically better than black text on white

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Really? I appreciate your support, but that was the worst thing I could come up with quickly. I say that as someone who uses dark mode across the board, including solid black backgrounds and wallpapers. Should I have used dark brown text on a light blue background?

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

Light level is the problem I have. I don't need every single sub pixel outputting all of its light on every inch of the screen all the time. A flat black background with contrasting letters is ideal to me. I'm okay with sacrificing readability of the text for ease on the eyes.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I hear that. I also like that it saves power in devices with OLED displays.

[–] hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think I once made a comment that implies I'm Yueh, but I prefer to think of myself as the personification of the tooth as if it were a character in the novel.

[–] hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Hopefully less of an empty gesture! 😅