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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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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 20 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

I know what I said, y'all's angst feeds me.

This would all be easier if you all just agreed with me, the always correct person.

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

If I'm ever wrong. I delete that comment and pretend it didn't happen. Or if someone actually makes a good counter argument I just go "meh, don't feel like replying" and leave them unread. I do the worst crime. I'll be 10 replies in and I won't even downvote their last comment to let them know I read it. I'm sure it's infuriating.

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[–] raptore39@lemm.ee 9 points 13 hours ago

I might not always be right, but I'm never wrong

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[–] Allero 7 points 11 hours ago

I'm pretty excited to see and check what gained traction

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Usually its when I either offend the libs on world or the fake leftists on ml/hexbear. Sometimes if I'm particularly skilled I piss off both of them at the exact same time (usually by advocating for true liberation for the working class not under a so called "vanguard" but by and for the workers themselves)

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Half the time you just have to say "Fuck Tankies" or "Vote DNC" and you'll get 4, 10, or even 20 of the most cookie cutter responses you've ever seen in your life.

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[–] rosco385@lemm.ee 28 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

My first thought is always "Must be Nicole the Fediverse chick again" 😂

[–] FIbynight@lemm.ee 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I just got her message this morning! 😂

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[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

I assume the right-wing propaganda planners have decided they need to counter something I said

[–] DaddysLittleSlut@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN BENT OVER BY BIGFOOT WHEN EXPLORING THE WOOD AND MISTAKEN FOR A MATE. THEN LEFT THERE LAYING OUT LIKE A WET SPAGHETTI NOODLE! THIS IS HOW IT FEELS DRIVING A FORD F150!

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

should've went with the F250...

next time brah

[–] DaddysLittleSlut@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

Hahahahaaa I didn’t know which to use but totally

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I'm too scared to check tbh. Somebody tell me if I am getting downvoted because I see 150 unreads

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

you kicked the .ml hornet nest, didn't you?

here's some ointment, now take your medicine and join the rest of the lemmies

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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 13 points 17 hours ago

Most of the time I know exactly what I'm getting if I see more than maybe 3+ comments. Usually it's me saying something anti-communist, something on brand enough for me.

[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 138 points 1 day ago (12 children)

And then all of them are "Nicole".

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 90 points 1 day ago (4 children)
[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 53 points 1 day ago (7 children)

i have a different pic in my inbox. do i suppose to collect them all? i want a rare Nicole now

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Me is, how stoned was I.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 28 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

I just assume I said something factually wrong and now dozens of helpful people are lining up to correct me.

[–] xye@lemm.ee 4 points 12 hours ago

Ah, I see you’ve developed a humiliation fetish as well

[–] TheTurner@lemm.ee 8 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Uhm, acshually... ☝️

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[–] socsa@piefed.social 18 points 21 hours ago (14 children)

Usually means you got featured on hexbear

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[–] stoly@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

At least unlike reddit people aren’t directly insulting you.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

We have very different lemmy experiences

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[–] hmonkey@lemy.lol 44 points 1 day ago (15 children)

Is it normal for people to regret what they said on here? Because I tend not to change my mind from downvotes and dumb responses. I do block people though

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

I've admitted I was wrong a few times, but never from downvotes or dumb responses. You gotta cite good sources to get a reversal out of me.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago (4 children)

My only regrets are having to read stupid responses that completely missed the point of what I said because they want to argue with what they think I said.

Occasionally I learn something new from responses, which changes my perspective.

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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago

Immediately go to my comments to see whats getting downvoted to hell.

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