this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2023
665 points (89.1% liked)

Showerthoughts

30805 readers
433 users here now

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.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

I joined reddit on the tailwind, so it was all echo chamber, we hate newcomers, gatekeeping, automod frenzy, too many rulebreakers, too many rules, etc I could be wrong, but thats what I imagine it used to be like.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemmy hits different, especially when hexbear is around.

[–] ruckblack@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hexbear users have been some of the most toxic I've come across

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

What's a hexbear?

[–] HelloHotel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Hexbear is complicated, ive heard extreme good and bad from hexbear. I had a too extreme take that i really didnt like after i calmed down. Now i dont know.

[–] Faresh@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They are actually pretty nice with each other, IMO. They do make fun of liberals a lot, but one should take into account that only very recently did Hexbear start to federate with anyone (so they aren't as used to having all of them in their posts, I imagine), and with a community so politically different from the wave of Lemmy newcomers (the old communities I think would have met each other better), I think it's only understandable that there would be some not so nice interactions.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't really have an issue with them being unkind, to me the zealotry is what's toxic.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah they're very strongly opinionated.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Strongly opinionated, and unwilling to elaborate or have actual discussion about their opinions, just insults and accusations towards any disagreement, and I get the sense that they do this out of principle.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yeah, they remind me of /b/ from 2006

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

"toxic", "opinionated", "unwilling to listen", /b/

Just call them what they are: angsty teens.

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lmao thanks for the peek into that community

It's always nice to remember that the communist yelling at me is really just a hilariously fragile person acting out from their position of extreme privilege.