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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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[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 21 points 20 hours ago

If you happen to be a young woman taking satisfaction in someone else's suffering, then you're a schadenfräulein.

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

If you take an amphibian out of direct sunlight, that's a shaded frog.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago

If you only pretend to draw regions of varying darkness, that's shading fraud.

[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago

If you take satisfaction in your mother's suffering, that's schadenfreud.

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

If you take satisfaction in robots suffering, that's schadendroid.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

If you take satisfaction in your own suffering, that's schadenmasochism.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 5 points 20 hours ago

Bah humbug that's obvs called schadenbetrug.

[–] OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 0 points 18 hours ago

You say you feel pleasure in their pain, but I see your empathy. Pathetic.