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. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

Rules

All posts must be showerthoughts
The entire showerthought must be in the title
Avoid politics
- 3.1) NEW RULE as of 5 Nov 2024, trying it out
- 3.2) Political posts often end up being circle jerks (not offering unique perspective) or enflaming (too much work for mods).
- 3.3) Try c/politicaldiscussion, volunteer as a mod here, or start your own community.
Posts must be original/unique
Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

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NEW RULE: added on an appropriate day (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by vatlark@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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In the sidebar you will see that rule 3 is "Avoid politics", as of US election day.

Political posts represent the vast majority of the moderation burden. They tend not to be the fun/quirky/whimsical/goofy/nonsense kind of posts that people enjoy from c/showerthoughts.

Maybe we should make a c/drivewaythoughts or a c/doomscrollingthoughts to fill the void.

The rule will begin 0200 UTC Nov 6, 2024 to be exact, you have 2 minutes, go ham.

As always I'm open to feedback.

EDIT: While I'm editing the sidebar. I will remove the "Be good to others" rule because it's redundant to the opening paragraph of Lemmy's Code of Conduct.

EDIT 2: If you want to give anonymous feedback you can report this post and give your feedback in the report. It's anonymous to me at least.

EDIT 3: Here are some good counter points to the new rule:

This arguably offers new perspective on an ordinary topic but it's pretty political: https://lemmy.world/post/21997198
This post was very popular and remained civil: https://lemmy.world/post/21925102

I Miss Old TV Commercials. (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 hours ago by NONE_dc@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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Or rather, how they were broadcast on television.

They had a space and a time, they were not uncomfortably specific, you could make the decision not to watch them by changing the channel or go to the bathroom for a while and come back. Programs and movies were designed or edited in such a way that rather than an interruption, they felt like a pause.

Because that's what they were: Advertising Pauses.

Not like now, which are Advertising Interruptions, Advertising Invasions.

Advertising "Disrespect for the Privacy and Time of the Users".

The old saying "a verbal agreement isn't worth the paper it's written on" could be tweaked for modern times as "an online agreement isn't worth the paper it's written on" (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by cosmictrickster@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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Calling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes". (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by LovableSidekick@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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