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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: 1

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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

Only if the source checks out

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Oh man the rightoids came out of the woods for this shower thought.

[–] nephs@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Any argument based on "us vs them" is flawed by default.

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[–] circuitfarmer 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Does anyone know if there is a way to see which wiki articles are edited the most? I don't mean new topics or edits because there's a lot of new info. I mean potential back-and-forth edits where there is disagreement on facts (or one viewpoint denies a fact, etc.).

If that exists, I'd be curious to know what articles they are (obviously probably religion or politics). On the other side, those articles that have remained unedited for a long time are probably pretty rock solid, assuming they also get traffic.*

*I'm literally thinking out loud here and am sure there are many other factors to consider

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[–] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I always trust the streets. People lie. Governments lie. News lies. But the streets. The streets never lie.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Gotta be careful roaming the streets, tho.

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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (32 children)

Lol, everything is sourced.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 year ago (11 children)

No. There are plenty of articles with the "needs citations" tag.

But even of the ones that are? A LOT of people never actually read the sources and you have plenty of wild claims that are not at all supported by their citation. Plenty of "celebrities" have even talked about how it was a huge hassle to get something changed because the lie was cited... with something unrelated.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"a huge hassle"

Step 1. Remove the unfounded claim

Step 2. Go to the talk page explaining why you removed it

Step 3. If someone puts it back, edit war them, tag needs citation, call them out in the talk page, get the article locked by an admin, etc etc etc. These things happen all the time, and 95% of the time it gets corrected as long as someone gives a damn

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[–] Polar@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

Have you ever looked at the sources? Some pages have some insane blog spam "sources" linked.

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[–] mlg@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Jokes on you, anything controversial relating to Pakistan and India gets spammed and brigaded hourly.

That being said, its a great resource for finding secondary sources. Even if the sources themselves happen to be biased lol.

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