this post was submitted on 17 May 2025
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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

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.

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But the advantage is that Lemmy allows Tor. 😅

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Reddit has a dedicated Tor site

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Holy shit, I actually managed to make an anonymous account over Tor. Now lets see how long before I get banned/shadowbanned. Didn't even think this was possible.

Update: Reddit is ass

Fuck corporate.

GO FEDIVERSE FOREVER 🏆

[–] ProfHillbilly@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I just wish the people in the subs I mod and post in would post some too. I feel like I am just posting for myself in those subs. Hell I am not a mod in c/trailrunning and it has like 170 members and no one post. I was the last person that posted. I know people are looking because someone is upvoting the things I post but no replies, no conversation. I don't know what to do to drive engagement.

[–] greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 16 hours ago

I didn't know that community existed! Not sure what to post there yet but I'll join

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I get around that problem by simply never looking at your usernames

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 2 points 10 hours ago

Your username would make a good meme.

"Were cat

Now am what?"

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

I just suck at remembering names. I've started remembering people by their Profile picture more than their username

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[–] Iceman@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

At least we can all say that we are famous on the internet.

[–] bigredcar@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

Even on big websites like Wikipedia there are only a few hundred major editors that write most of the content and they all know each other. On Youtube you tend to get to know everyone in your filter bubble as well.

[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As for posting stuff on the internet, I don't care anymore. I just try to not post stupid shit, and be decent to other people.

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[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 points 20 hours ago

Wait, reddit doesn't allow tor anymore? I remember posting a drug-related TIFU using tor and a throwaway acc, but that was years ago

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Lemmy is also not overrun by AI bots and sock puppets.

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Everyone here is my alt, except you.

There are only two real users on Lemmy, its just you and me. Get pranked!

/jk

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 17 hours ago

This

Edit: thanks for the gold kind stranger!

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[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, sure, if we're pretending you can't abandon accounts at will and make new ones elsewhere in the lemmy...verse.

The whole idea of "who" is kinda pointless.

Maybe I am the real Vanilla Puddinfudge. Maybe I'm not. What would it mean either way?

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 2 points 20 hours ago

I'm a polish girl who tried to make friends on lemmy but that didn't work out too well

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Username checks out

[–] Magnus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's the same with every small forum tbh

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (4 children)
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[–] muusemuuse@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Meh, wake me when it has an i2p presence

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think should touch some grass because i may recognise more people here than in the village i am living in for like 2 jears

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[–] Kirk@startrek.website 7 points 1 day ago

I love being able to have the small-forum feeling of my home instance but also feeling connected to communities elsewhere.

[–] megane_kun@lemm.ee 45 points 2 days ago (15 children)

For some of the really prolific posters, yes. But there are also lurkers like me.

I doubt anyone can recognize me when I comment or encounter a comment I made.

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