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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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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago (3 children)

My only regrets are having to read stupid responses that completely missed the point of what I said because they want to argue with what they think I said.

Occasionally I learn something new from responses, which changes my perspective.

[–] Devorlon@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

What a stupid comment, if you actually took the time to read and understood your replies then maybe you'd actually learn something from them, rather than just disregarding everyone who responds to you.

/s

[–] Primer81@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I agree - A lot of people seem so prepared for someone to disagree with them that they seem to misfire on people they agree with. I try to avoid this by starting my comments with "I agree" 😊 ... though even then some people still get confused 🫠

[–] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

What are you talking about? You're way off base, and completely unreasonable. It's so typical of you people that I have a generalized baseless belief of. What about this other person that has nothing to do with this? Do you agree with them, too? I bet you also hate soldiers defending our country, and probably kittens too.

the best is when the response is about the first or last sentence of what I wrote and their response is addressed in the rest of it.