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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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[–] angrystego@lemmy.world -3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

People have private conversation face to face in a crowd as well - sometimes some things need to be talked about right away and the anonymity of the crowd makes it feel private enough. If you don't know the people, then you know the convo is none of your business - so if you join in, yes, you're viewed as the crazy one, or at least the one with not enough social inteligence.

[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If only there was a way to speak privately on a phone.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can listen privately, but you have to speak normally anyway.

[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Then you are not on loudspeaker and speaking with an extra loud voice and it is not a problem.