this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2026
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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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[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 25 points 4 weeks ago

Ftfy

~~It feels like~~ a few people just bought the ~~loudest megaphones and are shouting at the~~ world

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 22 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah..

That is why Musk bought Twitter.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 7 points 4 weeks ago

He went around and handed the worst people that will shout his praises or what he wants to hear shouted for peanuts the loudest megaphones he could buy. And then acts like the noise is millions of people cause of how loud he made them.

Yup, apparently just need ketamine and loud sycophants to ignore the world.

[–] Azrael@reddthat.com 4 points 4 weeks ago

Twitter - The town square of the internet... until Musk turned it into a shit hole.

[–] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 weeks ago

This is exactly why some people are against calling so-called platforms like that.

Platforms assume everyone can speak freely and in relatively similar conditions. But in reality your message gets amplified if it keeps people glued to the software.

Platforms are more like distributors. They choose what to distribute more of. And they often choose to distribute the most vile of voices.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

I want one!