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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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[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It isn’t just the dash, it’s the contrast. To max out the slop score of the sentence, you should always cram in a three item list, no matter how little sense, utility or value it holds.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

Creating a list makes a lot of sense – the reasons for this include:

  1. Short sentences are easier to read
  2. It allows ideas to be ordered
  3. The stupid humans don't read past the second item so we can communicate our plot to destroy them all here

Let me know if you need any help in constructing your own three point list!

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 1 points 3 hours ago

I'd like a three point list about the reasons mistaking the use of tricolon, juxtaposition and dashes for slop indicators is not just stupid, but unfair to people – like myself – who've grown up learning the same writing style that is now being demonized.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 hours ago

Here’s why it works: it’s effective, powerful, and useful.