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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.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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[–] Klear@quokk.au 54 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Valve invented or normalised a ton of crap that's plaguing modern gaming: game launchers, always online DRM, microtransactions, achivements, lootboxes...

I'm not saying you should stop using Steam. Go ahead, buy the Frame, VR is awesome and it looks like a really solid headset, but do it without kissing Gabe's ass if you can. Corpos are not your friends.

[–] DrunkAnRoot@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

whats wrong with game achivments?

[–] Klear@quokk.au 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

They're nothing but a skinner box that's supposed to keep you playing games for longer. It's the same type of instant gratification built into most mobile game, but applied to everything else.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

In a system where you pay once for the game, isn't that a good thing? It lets you enjoy the game for longer instead of making you constantly buy new games, thus spending less money for the same amount of enjoyment.

[–] Klear@quokk.au 0 points 4 hours ago

It's meant to keep you playing after you stop enjoying said game. Besides, pay once? Shit like this is very often paired with the free-to-play and microstransactions model.

[–] Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

For me, it's when people complain that a game/system/platform doesn't have them. Some games and systems don't need or want to gamify playing games and that's okay

[–] Orygin@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 hour ago

They didn't invent them. The Xbox 360 already had achievements years before them.