That's why I try, as much as possible, to share only the things I like and am passionate about. There's already enough negativity in the world without me adding more.
this post was submitted on 30 Jan 2026
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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:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Yeah this is the way. It's much more pleasant to be around positivity imo.
Thank you for doing that!!
Ragebait sells. They know people will get angry and click on it which drives up their engagement numbers. Best not to engage with algorithmic feeds and instead curate your feeds to only have creators that actually respect you.
I try to do this. Which is exactly why I don't generally get exposed to content I don't want to see directly. And I can't always just follow the carefully curated list because you know... I need to find people/communities to put on the carefully curated list. Even on Lemmy, I try to block users and communities that post content I don't care for, but it's always worming it's way through one way or another.
I made a post about this before, why propagate what you hate?
Yeah, I don’t watch reaction videos. They’re the shittiest form of content.
Seriously, i never click on a vid thumbnail if it has some random person's dumb head overlaying it. And i immediately close a video app/webpage if I'm watching something and a reaction person randomly pops up
"What's up guys" starting off the video is another tip off that it is going to suck
"Everything I know about the Kardashians I have learned against my will"
One of my favourite types of media is the brutal and methodical dissection of a bad piece of art. I've probably happily spent several hours watching the ATLA movie get ripped apart and haven't even seen the movie.
I feel the opposite of this with Spongebob Squarepants.
I found out about the show because a friend of mine was into it, and they would tell me some of the gags from the show and I thought it was funny as hell. So I watched some episodes.
I thought my friend's delivery of the gags was actually better. So the actual show kinda disappointed me.
That is 99% meta!
Instead of talking about the Melania movie, people should be encouraging people to watch the Michelle Obama documentary "Becoming" on Netflix
And every time I read about something that "everyone is talking about" is when someone publishes something about "how everyone is talking" about it.
That's why I block bait and people who post it.
90% of everything sucks.
Sturgeon's law states that "ninety percent of everything is crap," suggesting that most works in any field are of low quality. This observation was made by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon to highlight that low-quality content exists across all genres and areas of life.
Exactly my thoughts about that shitty ~~bribe~~ documentary that has just come out that everyone seems to be writing articles and memes about, mocking how much it flopped. Any publicity is good publicity though, so by talking about it they're just advertising it for them, increasing the likelihood people will go and see it.
Yes I understand there's an irony in my comment, I've tried to mitigate that by not naming it.
... it may have been what inspired this post.
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