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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

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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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[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I didn't even tell ChatGPT what the contents should be, I just told it to write a public speech about your initial showerthought, didn't give it any instructions what it should or shouldn't say.

In fact I agree with you that it ended up as an ironic illustration of what AI writing is like at its worst.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My bad, the way you posted it felt like you were kind of trying to troll me by posting an AI response that disagreed with what I said in an annoying way lol and I did not get you were making that point.

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 days ago

I would have copy-pasted it verbatim no matter what the output would have been, didn't know what it would be before. :D