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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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[–] mlg@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago

I miss unmonetized youtube in general. Too many channels make it big and end up committing to youtube as a profession which leads to burn out or a significant drop in video quality.

Youtube's (and Facebook) revenue system incentivizes content that gets lots of views in a very short period of time, and way too many people get hooked after seeing the cash flow from a handful of good uploads.

And the revenue provided is a minimized running cost for Google, YouTube takes home a fat 11 billion dollars a year in profit.

[–] zilouge@feddit.nu 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Im happy internet comment etiquette is still going strong. https://youtu.be/TST_hSuSw-U

[–] kinship@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 10 hours ago

And Internet Historian

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Same. Jojis music is cool but its just not a replacement for papa franku. Most people are only on youtube for the money these days and this type of content always gets demonetized.

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

BuT mOnEy MoTiVaTeS uS tO iNnOvAtE

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 hours ago

Seems like everyone in that genre just got in to podcasting and beefing with various internet characters

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

I do too, not really because it was amazing content but it was always a surprise. A guaranteed "What in the fu?"