this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2023
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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:

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
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

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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[–] RichLich@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I disagree. Terrible take. It's never wise to discount, alienate, or exclude our youth. Growth is the name of the game and they're the ones who are going to be ushering in hopefully a better future. Who will they learn from if not us? You want them stewing with each other?

No. We maintain whatever nebulous internet "culture" we like and establish rules. Anyone, young or old, who doesn't adhere can suck eggs. That way young people learn how to act and we can hear them tell us about all the ways we need to better society.

Truly I believe that the children who develop during this time of overstimulation and rapid technological advancement will emerge maybe a bit... maladapted but better than us. Humans can be so resilient especially under supportive circumstances. Our intelligence is adaptive. So if you want to make a great internet community, maintain your respect for our kids.

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[–] razorwiregoatlick@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reminds me of Reddit around 2010.

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[–] heffa@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

the kids are alright

[–] wacken@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Forget reddit or Lemmy. Kids love Instagram more than anything else!

[–] binocry@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago
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[–] Nobody@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's so good because a lot of people have been waiting for a viable alternative to Reddit for half a decade or longer. It's non-corporate internet, the way it should be.

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[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

If you want, we can all pretend to be kids just like on /r/teenagers.

That place was so creepy.

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[–] Purpureo@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I loved reddit but there were definitely times where it felt like I was in a high school cafeteria.

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[–] jcg@halubilo.social 8 points 2 years ago

What do you mean? I'm 16/f/cali

[–] simo@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The deep rock galactic subreddit got overrun by kids and their stupid, shit memes, long live Lemmy!

[–] BSMan1011@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Hiiiiiii guys! ~

I'm new heeereeeee! Am 12/f/cali looking for cutey cutey fweends!!!!! Uwu

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[–] archomrade@midwest.social 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Huh... I just thought everyone here was just well spoken and kind

[–] Scew@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Upfront it's like that. You can still "make the wrong comment" and get attacked by people for extended periods of time who seem to have nothing better to do than dig through huge threads looking to argue with strangers who are already getting downvoted.

Edit: thankfully it's actually kind of fun having all of them argue with chatGPT.

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[–] Nioxic@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The "asshole" users will show up too. they're not nessecarily kids

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[–] kilkil2@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

I'm torn between "hey that's ageism" and "yeah! those younger than me can rot in hell"

[–] hunte@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The internet as a whole was much better when websites and services were not designed to cater to kids.

[–] fishhf@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The internet was good when it's all just geeks

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