this post was submitted on 17 Jan 2026
175 points (92.7% liked)

Showerthoughts

39378 readers
1007 users here now

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.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] adhd_traco@piefed.social 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Exactly, and in the future it can also be used. It can be used in conjunction with other efforts. It allows to report on these things with hard facts that provides levels of protection, even in the current system. And if anyone looks up from their cult-dream, there is gonna be something strong to look at.

Saying it's "to soothe the soul" to shining light on truth of such dimensions is incredibly ignorant.

Also, if it's so meaningless and won't change anything, it's pretty weird they fight hard on every front to keep it away.

I think some people are very limited in their understanding of how it can be utilized.

Guess there's no point writing, investigating, or sharing anything about cults either, since many still exist and people are so stuck in them.

Also, with less than 1% selectively, and heavily redacted released, I wouldn't believe anyone who makes assumptions about the entirety of its contents.

Sorry, ~~OP~~ ~~top parent commenter~~ OCP. I'm sure you mean well and are being genuine, but to me this isn't thought through far enough and stupid defeatism in essence.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Very well put. I envy communication skills like you've displayed here.

[–] adhd_traco@piefed.social 2 points 6 days ago

Thank you. I do try not to get too engaged in arguments and all though and try to focus more on direct efforts.