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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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[–] Hector@lemmy.world -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That is a good picture, I like that, I do not see how it fits here. Still is great though.

[–] sthetic@lemmy.ca 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I think it references the term "sealioning," which means: someone on the internet who pops up, like a sealion, into an argument. He says, "BUT WHAT ABOUT XYZ?" which starts everyone responding and debating. But the sealion never continues the conversation. He was just there to disrupt.

[–] teslasaur@lemmy.world -3 points 12 hours ago

I like how people are actively making up terms to silence those with legitimate questions. Hector is actively questioning and debating. But the kneejerk reaction is to call them sealion and remove their posts. Fucking brilliant.