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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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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (4 children)

As long as there are no well-known apps on any app store, there are going to be less kids, since they probably don't want to go through GitHub. I find most of them are somewhat afraid of downloading apks from websites they might not use often.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Which is normally a really good thing...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m using TestFlight and it’s incredibly simple. A kid could definitely get the apps on ios. But I think kids just have no reason to care about this stuff. They just want a website where their friends are.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Keep Lemmy weird

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I forget that most "kids" (Idk 20 and down maybe a few years older) only know the internet and technology via Facebook and android/iPhone respectively.

I scroll on my phone PLENTY, I'm not judging, but I can't imagine not having a desktop or laptop at least.

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

I just use the websites for every social media app, including lemmy. Seems better than apps to me.

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

wefwef is a progressive web app you can use that's kind of cool