this post was submitted on 10 Jan 2024
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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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[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't get why people trust their answers so much. They lie. Confidently. Constantly.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I usually ask the GPT, then look up the topic myself based on terms and keywords that were mentioned

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

No! You’re meant to blindly trust every source of information you read, AI or not.

[–] fubbernuckin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I don't get why people completely disregard their usefulness because of that. Just don't trust anything they say until you verify it. It's still useful for exploration or to get enough of a grasp of something that you can figure it out on your own.