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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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  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

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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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[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 days ago (4 children)
[–] hayvan@piefed.world 6 points 2 days ago

I know such a guy. Survives on like 2 hours a day and was one of the most energetic people I've seen at 55 y.o.

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Ditto. Know such a person. They literally only sleep 4 hours a day and assume everyone else does despite massive lifelong evidence of the contrary.

They've resorted to working night shifts to avoid going insane from boredom, they sleep from 9AM to around 12-1PM every day, and then STAY AWAKE. IT'S BEEN DECADES.

I'm still wondering if they'll die a premature death or if this'll just pan out for them; the one thing I've noticed is their attention span got shot as they grew older, so maybe that's the trade-off

[–] artifex@piefed.social 5 points 2 days ago

Damn. Some people have all the luck.

[–] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago

I'm so fucking envious of these people.