this post was submitted on 05 May 2026
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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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[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Isn’t that always the case with haters? Your downvotes show there are even a few here in this very community… disappointing. Or maybe it’s just the mansplainy way you worded this: “in my experience” for something that’s blatantly obvious to everyone.

[–] Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I agree with OP but I was also considering downvoting because the post just doesn't feel like a shower thought. In the end I didn't but I could definitely see people downvoting for that reason.

This feels more like an offmychest or casualconversation post than a showerthoughts post.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

bingo. it's rage bait gender war bullshit, also it's faux deep. there has been a consistent influx of ragebait posting on fedi by bad actors.

shower thoughts are supposed to be stupid nonsense. not trying to start a flame war that is super serious, as many of the replies here are leaning right into.

it's just another bitter person blaming other people for being bitter, but in a different way than they are bitter.

As if there is some evolved state of gender enlightenment or people who don't generalize other groups of people...

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I down voted for the double "are are" in the title.