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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
  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
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Post title at limit, but meant to be peak tactile feedback in computer storage.

The space saved from being thin made it bad for looking up and finding a specific disk within a stack, tho, as it couldn't fit an end label

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[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I liked the sound they made. People have been using them to make music for ages. Best is still imperial march played on 48 floppy drives (or thereabouts).

[–] froh42@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Floppotron

Since 2022 it is Floppotron 3.0 playing on 4 flatbed scanners, some hard drives and 512 floppy drives.

https://youtu.be/kCCXRerqaJI

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Haha holy shit it evolved!