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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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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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    • 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.
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They don't, so this stays in my shower

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[–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Is there like a meta-subscription somewhere to do that? I honestly don’t have time to look into this structurally but if there was a simple « humble bundle » style app I would use it over when I stumble on a button somewhere on GitHub.

It would be nice to have it curated - I personally don’t track FOSS projects that support my life.

[–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you're an EU citizen, just paying taxes does a lot.

[–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Ho TIL… that’s a nice one. I still stand by my « let’s have a way to participate more » but this is definitely nice to know that my taxes are at least supporting some.

[–] neo2478@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Interesting one. Not a "bouquet" but clearly a dedicated one I align with.

[–] fubbernuckin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago

The FSF are the creators of the GPL license and the GNU project and arguably invented open source as a concept. The GNU project is essentially what makes up what we know as Linux (except for the kernel itself) as well as tons of other software including every GNOME application, GIMP, Emacs*, Bash, and plenty of others I can't think of. They also offer assistance to developers when the GPL is violated.

I'd argue they are a little bit of a bouquet.