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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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[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 57 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

You have less and less to lose and, probably, see your sacrifice worthy to end wrong things happening around you.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 29 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Exactly this. I'm middle aged, haven't accomplished anything worthwhile with my life and wouldn't mind taking one for the team, if it would but have enough of an impact.

[–] SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 23 points 11 hours ago

When the logic of suicide bombers starts sounding reasonable........ definitely a sign of a super healthy democracy

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 hours ago

Yeah give me a good opportunity and I’ll do it. As long as it’s not in vain though.

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 17 points 12 hours ago

I'd take out a fascist billionaire if I didn't have a family and was tired of life.