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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 22 hours ago (2 children)

Reddit has a dedicated Tor site

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 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.

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago

Update: Reddit is ass

Fuck corporate.

GO FEDIVERSE FOREVER 🏆

[–] ProfHillbilly@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day 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.

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 (7 children)

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

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Your username would make a good meme.

"Were cat

Now am what?"

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[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days 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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[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (6 children)

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

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days 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 1 day ago

This

Edit: thanks for the gold kind stranger!

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[–] Iceman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

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

[–] bigredcar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day 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.

[–] megane_kun@lemm.ee 45 points 2 days ago (12 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.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 34 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I'm order to prove you wrong, I am committed to remembering your username.

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[–] Magnus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's the same with every small forum tbh

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (4 children)
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[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days 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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[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 10 points 2 days 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 1 day 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 2 days ago

Username checks out

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 112 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Oh, you sweet summer child.

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[–] answersplease77@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (7 children)

your privacy is worse on lemmy. anyone can access all your comment and post upvotes and downvotes. your pms are open for server admins to read. both examples need to be fixed imo

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 days ago

Btw, your PMs being available to admins is the same on like every socmed. If you have to use lemmy as your secure method of communication (you shouldn't), at least use PGP, but lemmy isn't meant for that, use XMPP or Matrix or even Signal I guess.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

People DM each other on Lemmy?

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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 days ago

The place is a Village rather than a City.

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