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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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  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

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago

this was my experience. I got it when my wife had surgery and for my use case. needing to get multiple things done at once. It did work but in a normal situation its honestly more bother than its worth. Now that was before you could get a model with a base station that would clean it out. I could see having one if it did not use a brush and was just a wet/dry vac type thing and the base station cleared it out. It would not do as good a job but what it did do would be useful given the hands off nature at that point.