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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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But the advantage is that Lemmy allows Tor. 😅

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[–] megane_kun@lemm.ee 45 points 1 day ago (5 children)

For some of the really prolific posters, yes. But there are also lurkers like me.

I doubt anyone can recognize me when I comment or encounter a comment I made.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm order to prove you wrong, I am committed to remembering your username.

[–] megane_kun@lemm.ee 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks...?

Let's see when we meet each other in some other corner of Lemmy.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago

until we see each other again 🫡

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I love your username, I used to use it on another platform.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago

Potentially unpopular protip: I've blocked most of the "prolific" posters. My entire feed was becoming repurposed memes from 2015.

I'm happy there are people out there dedicating time to keeping Lemmy "active" but that is not how I want to live my life.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

User tags make recognizing people a lot easier. I see tagged users a lot. Voyager even keeps a running total of how many times I have upvoted and downvoted particular users.

There’s one user I have at like -30, tagged as a Nazi apologist. And sure enough, every time I scroll past them, they’re commenting some weird BS.

[–] gt5@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How do you tag users on voyager?

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Go to the user screen, then use the menu button in the top corner. There’s an “Edit Tag” option.

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 4 points 1 day ago

Heyyy, it apparently works the same on Boost. In honor of teaching me how to tag people, you are now tagged as "Tagged". Thank you and congratulations!

[–] megane_kun@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Oh, I use that too on my mobile app (Voyager). I am starting to think that once the total votes reach some threshold, either I'd encounter them consistently dishing out hot takes, or I'm primed to think their take is hot and spicy.

[–] CombatWombat1212@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] megane_kun@lemm.ee 3 points 13 hours ago

I don't think I've done anything that would warrant that, but thanks!

[–] heyfrancis@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sa PH lang kita madalas nakikita, san ka ba nagpo-post pre? 😃

[–] megane_kun@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

Pakalat-kalat lang ako. Kung saan lang mapagtripan. 😅

Bihira lang din akong magpost kasi madalas wala rin naman akong masabi o maidagdag.


I'm just hanging around at random places. Wherever my fancy takes me.

I rarely post too, since I rarely have anything to say or add.