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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: 1

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
    • If you feel strongly that you want politics back, please volunteer as a mod.
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct

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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Credit to Chris Williamson for coming up with this though. I just found it worth sharing.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Do we need like a philosophical thoughts community? Shower thoughts to me are more like "if you have a PhD all meetings you go to are doctors meetings."

Meanwhile, on Lemmy its like "The undulating nature of the universe can be predetermined based on a set of twelve isotopic values."

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Counterpoint: "Any thought you have in the shower is a shower thought"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I keep wanting to make a post in shower thoughts asking how the hell other people remember they need shampoo, but by the time I leave the shower I forget both the shampoo and the post.

I got shampoo today, because my husband remembered, and I therefore suddenly remembered the post, though I no longer need it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

I rinse the empty bottle and throw it over the shower wall into the bathroom. Later, when I'm dry, I wonder why the bottle is lying around and - tadaa, entry on the shopping list.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Seems like the kind of post I'd expect your average showerthought-enjoyer to not mind seeing on their feed.

EDIT: I'm up for philosophical thoughts community though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

This should be a shower thought