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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:

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  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
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[–] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 1 points 15 hours ago

I read the text behind the link - I just didn't engage with it.

What's worth keeping in mind here is that using an LLM to assist in writing could mean anything from it fixing a few spelling mistakes and adding missing punctuation to a text the author wrote themselves all the way to AI writing the entire thing from scratch. Just because someone spots an em dash doesn't mean an LLM wrote the whole thing.

I don't think LLMs are the issue but poor quality writing is. Generic AI output tends to just make people's eyes glaze over so they stop reading. The same thing happens with poorly written human slop. People are only against AI use when they can detect it. It's the good old toupee fallacy: all toupees look bad - except the ones you didn't recognize as a toupee.