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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.

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Anarchy is very cool, until someone has the wrong opinion.

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[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

i don't see those as incompatible. you can be an anarchist and very controlling over your own online space.

[–] Voidian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Again, as long as you're very explicit about it. But don't call it an anarchist space. It's then a space, run by an anarchist, that doesn't follow the rules of anarchism.

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

But don’t call it an anarchist space

tell me you've never been in a non-internet anarchist space without telling me 😂

(hint: offline anarchist bars tend not to tolerate fascists either)

rules of anarchism

😭

(this is a bit, right?)

[–] Voidian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours ago

Schrödinger Anarchist: both has and hasn't rules.

[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

shrug i mean i guess but there is nothing about enforcing regulation that is anti-anarchist.

[–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Enforcing regulation and enforcing one's own personal views are two different things. This entire convo is supposed to focus on the latter, not confuse them with each other.