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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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[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk -4 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

What? Whose gone to jail for thinking that they own a product they've bought?

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Gary Bowser got fucked by Nintendo for doing shit to a device he bought. Got sentenced for nearly 4 years, now owes like $15m

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

For selling hacking tools - not for modifying their personal device.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago

i.e. Helping others modify their own devices

You're splitting hairs

[–] And009@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 21 hours ago

Bricked switches come to mind, John Deere was trying to make self-repair illegal. Can't be long before someone decides users don't deserve their device.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

would you like to come over and watch a movie at my home theatre ?

i only charge one dollar for free all you can eat popcorn, a comfy chair, 12 foot screen, and huge sound system.

ignore the FBI warning after I press play.

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk -3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Pirated movies are not something you've paid for. And watching DVDs with friends is not "illegal exhibition."

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 7 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

i don't pirate movies. i buy dvds.

and charging people a buck to watch "my dvd", though, is illegal up to $250,000 fine and five years in prison

edit: and no i do not do this

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz -1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Its illegal to get caught. And even then only in a country that is completely cucked, eg america.

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk -2 points 19 hours ago

So your issue isn’t that you don’t actually own the DVDs you paid for, but rather that you’re not allowed to run an unlicensed cinema.