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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:

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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
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

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[–] Naz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Meta/Facebook won't exist in the future, but the concept of a shared blended mixed reality where the Internet bleeds into real life is already here.

I mean hell - you participate in that crazy hallucinogenic experience any time you hail a ride with Uber, order some food, or take a video for TikTok.

I'm far ahead personally, because I'm in a niche community (furries) and we've having full blown sex on the Internet, using something akin to lucid dreaming, connecting our brains together.

So yeah. Sex and money. They're what's popular.

[–] mindbleach 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

'The metaverse is when Uber' is exactly why it's never going to happen. People have stomped all meaning from the concept by making up private definitions and slopping them around at random nonsense. The other day someone tried arguing that a friggin' minigolf game was "a metaverse."

If there's more than one, there's zero.

I have a 2004 Second Life account. I am thoroughly familiar with the hype, and the weirdly consistent technical influence of furries. But it's never going to be more than hand-wavy excuses, because the core concept is literally a joke, and all the people pursuing it regardless are actively undermining generalization and interoperability. Zuck is only the biggest and dumbest example. That broken robot is so scared of people fucking that they don't exist from the waist down.

[–] Naz 2 points 1 year ago

Hell yeah, this was a great comment. Well said, sir. 😎

I agree these custom definitions are going to ensure that the word/term at the very least dies, and your point on Zuckerberg trying to force it is also valid.

Shout out to a fellow SL user - I joined it in 2008, moved completely onto VRChat nowadays!