That's 2007 evil, we're at several levels eviller now compounded with stupidity.
this post was submitted on 21 May 2026
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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:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- 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
- Posts must be original/unique
- 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.
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The majority of websites are task based and aren't' meant to keep you constantly engaged, they're meant to help you find what you're looking for and take an action. It's really only websites that rely on advertising to support them that want you mindlessly engaged for as long as possible so they can charge their advertisers more.
There was a time in the early 2000s when good old Google search was so good, it got you your results in record time. One query and a couple of clicks. And then they realized they could sell more ads if your search took just a couple of queries longer. Every query was a chance to sell more ads. And the results got worse.
Personally, I don't use a search engine that spits out so-called AI results. I manage the old-fashioned way because I'm old. But the principle to give you shittier results to get you to rephrase your search and thus multiply ad sale opportunities surely applies here as well.
One thing I've always appreciated about the 'Net is that when you want to get a good answer, submitting something glaringly-wrong is often a highly successful stratergy. I guess if you're sideways bundling that idea in to your shower thought, then it seems kinda plausible...
Maybe!
do AI have ads now? I just use duck.ai and lumo for formatting stuff or checking grammar... when they start having ads, they will try to hold you on the page