this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2023
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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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[–] geekosaur@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't think that's the problem. I think it's mostly because it still has way less people (easier to mod), and also it doesn't show user karma, so there's no incentive to karma farm.

[–] psilves1@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Karma is so pointless and I've never understood why you'd 'farm' it

[–] dditty@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Higher reputation reddit accounts are sold and used to marketers for shilling. Old accounts with lots of karma fetch a higher price. Some ppl just farm karma for their egos.

[–] Jacinto2702@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

But I love watching the number go up... It feeds me the approval I didn't receive from my parents.

[–] marswarrior@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They want to put that on their resume lol. like stackloverflow. Dear employer, look how many upvotes I got on this 15 year old meme!