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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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I feel like the people I interact with irl don't even know how to boot from a USB. People here probably know how to do some form of coding or at least navigate a directory through the command line. Stg I would bet money on the average person not even being able to create a Lemmy account without assistance.

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[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ditto. And they keep pumping up Linux and refusing to accept that not everyone is tech savvy.

[–] AeroGlen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Nothing wrong with that given a multi billion dollar scheme to trap people with Copilot.

[–] Auth@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah thats true, but there are things that lemmy fights over. AI for example, theres a few AI enjoyers here. Linux v the world.

Its to be expected that the people who share this space are a little bit likeminded.

[–] Ydna@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

2y ago (during the reddit app lockdown) there was a lot of groundswell for joining other communities. Quite a few people made how-to videos showing the process. Although I bet they're a little outdated now...

[–] barnacul@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)

"don't even know how to boot from USB"

Are you serious with this post?

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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I disagree. The amount of stagnant backwards ignorance about what AI and llms are and how they function would suggest to me there is only a cursory level knowledge of technology on this platform.

Like you said just enough to create a Lemmy account without assistance but not enough to understand the nuance of emerging tech.

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