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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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[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

if they want a document printed they just go out to some print shop.

In fairness, it can be expensive to stock the holy water necessary to fend off the demons that inhabit all printers.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Last I checked, libraries still charged per page.

Also, libraries are not at home.

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mine let's you print an amount for free every month.

if they want a document printed they just go out to some print shop.

Print shops are not at home either.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yes, which is why I said to get a Brother laser printer.

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 day ago

Go spend $100 to print 3 pages every six months I'll keep doing mine for free.