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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:

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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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    • 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
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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.

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Like imagine going to a pride parade and you see some twink u never met and be Iike, "hey colleague! How're u? How's the bottom job position working for you?"

"Colleague"... That's a funny word...

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

no.

this is our preferred nomenclature where i work instead of 'employee'. i hear this extensively and dont see the humor in it.

moist; now thats a funny word.

[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i think that might get HRs attention

[–] Guadin@k.fe.derate.me 4 points 1 year ago

Damn, moist. That's damp.

[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee -5 points 1 year ago

How about a "moist colleague"?

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] neptune@dmv.social 13 points 1 year ago
[–] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You seem very easily amused.

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This post was reported for being offensive. Its hard to know what is offensive to all groups of people. "Colleague" is a pretty innocuous term and "twink" seems to be context dependent. It doesn't seem obviously derogatory in this context, "you see some dude" feels similar. I won't take action for now. I'm very open to feedback, being wrong, and learning. Thanks all.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t think it’s offensive. It just seems to be a bad shower thought. OP shouldn't feel bad for having it but should feel bad for sharing it.

[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eh why should I feel bad for sharing it either? I shared it, ppl didn't like it, so they downvoted it. Ok ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I like your attitude. IDGAF what dumb shit I post when super high or drunk either.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is that your weird minimizing way of saying you reported it, or did you somehow learn of a reporting?

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm a mod, so the latter. I want the reporters to know they are heard, but also I tend to be slow to take action.

[–] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You mean by deleting old, totally innocuous posts like a week after they posted it? What rule I broke I don’t know. Don’t much feel “heard” as a user

Good luck with your sub

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This is my first time being a mod. For example early on I would just remove any post that got a single report, but obviously that's not a good strategy.

There are also other mods including an automod.

If I'm reading your picture correctly it was only 6 days ago that your post got removed. I'm not even sure if I can undo a mod action but I'll look into it. Thanks for bringing it up.

Edit: I am having trouble finding the original context of the comment that got removed, finding out how to reverse it, or finding who removed it. It's possible it was me but I don't remember it. I have reached out to other mods for help.

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Oh my god, they're colleagues...