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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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    • 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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[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 66 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Why? My outlet is lower than my phone in almost every instance, so my voted going down towards the charger makes the most sense.

Besides, my IR Blaster, mic, and 3.5mm jack are at the top 😁

[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 48 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Look at this fancy motherfucker with his fancy motherfucking headphone jack...

[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 7 points 1 day ago

Hell yeah 😎

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Have you found an app that still works with an IR blaster? My phone has one, but none of the apps work anymore.

[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've kept my old TCL phone around as a remote at home bc the app worked so well and was easy to use. I just realized it's not available in the Play store, nor apk pure for historical availability. I cannot hold down the icon to share. When I browse the file explorer I see the app but it doesn't give me anything to view to copy... I wish I could share it!!

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

It's frustrating. My phone is fairly new, but also has the IR emitter. In a perfect world, I would set it up as a "TVbGone" type setup. Unfortunately all the apps have disappeared from the play store. Also, all the GitHub repositories are so old they don't work with modern android.

[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Same, it didn't dawn on my flashing LineageOS that my IR may not work. Several F-Droid IR apps are terrible

Edit: https://f-droid.org/packages/us.spotco.ir_remote is about the only semi decent, but for TCL you have to do custom remote which takes some work.

You can also export and import which might save you time

[–] mangobanana@discuss.online 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (3 children)

What do you have? A Samsung note 4? Wasn't that the last phone that had a ir blaster? *In the USA as far as I know. Of course other countries get better devices than here 😦

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

I've got a ulefone 27T pro. It carries a lot of weird functions, despite being a modern phone.

[–] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

My Oneplus 12 has one too.

[–] parzival@lemmy.org 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I have a xiaomi 14 which has one, I think the non western brands have them still

[–] mangobanana@discuss.online 2 points 1 day ago

I'm jealous lol I miss mine

[–] blauergrashalm@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

is samsung considerd a "western brand"? what does this even mean?

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I guess they means non-Chinese/Chinese aligned.

Alternatively, they could mean the ones popular in or marketed to the west.

[–] parzival@lemmy.org 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah I basically meant ones that are commonly marketed/sold to the Americas/europe

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 6 points 2 days ago

Mine is above where I tend to charge my phone.

Might just be a me problem