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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

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I can't really think of a reason for that as Reddit is hated somewhat equally by "both" sides of the spectrum. It's just something I find interesting.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

On my feed, at least, I have my frontpage set to whatever the kbin equivalent to "all" is. I see lots of other languages beyond English populating - particularly German. The Lemmy instance I chose when I initially made my way to the fediverse operates out of China. They're chill over there.

I dunno. I think if you're only finding people discussing the US here, then you've probably accidentally pigeonholed yourself based on your own interests. The fediverse is diverse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I mean yeah. Being only English speaking with gringo Spanish doesn't let me understand memes in German or any of the other various non-english speaking magazines lol.

English is the defacto lingua franca though. Particularly on the web. The diversity I've seen still heavily leans English, and western, which makes plenty of sense.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

How do you get more languages?