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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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  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
    • If you feel strongly that you want politics back, please volunteer as a mod.
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct

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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

...except this isn't explicitly a Linux website. Sure, it's probably run by people who use it extensively and populated mostly by people who use it at least regularly... but it's in no way a Linux dealership. I came here specifically because it wasn't trying to sell me something.

If you're trying to say that's not the case, and that the fediverse only exists as a mechanism to sell people on linux... it might be time to give up on it, I suppose.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nah, I'm not trying to give any commentary on Lemmy or Linux in this thread. I'm just talking about how poorly the analogy is lining up for the intended purpose. Honestly, Lemmy shouldn't be pushing any one thing in general, imo.

I do get confused about the people that show up in Linux specific communities and get mad about "all the Linux fanatics", and maybe the original analogy would work for that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I guess repeating continuing to make analogies in what appears to be a serious tone seems like an odd way to make the argument that the original analogy is broken. You're not pointing out any flaws, using the current analogy to show how it doesn't work... just changing the setting while keeping the overall analogy completely the same.

It's like going to a brothel and continuing to have sex with prostitutes then saying the brothel is broken... sorry, I had to.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Are you saying my dick is broken and not the brothel? Ruh Roh.