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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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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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    • 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
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I realize it won't be like this forever, but while scrolling Lemmy I eventually come to a point when I start to see a lot of old posts and it's a perfect signal that I've done more than enough scrolling for the day

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[–] other_cat@lemmy.zip 7 points 6 days ago

It also reminds me to post something back somewhere.

[–] Tungsten5@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I never though of it like this. But I like thinking of it this way. I am excited to watch lemmy grow though. I have faith that it will go and become a lot more popular. At that time, it will be nice to have more niche communities that are active.

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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I realize it won’t be like this forever

You can always keep moving to smaller instances.

[–] pipe@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

This is a great point. I have another account on a smaller instance, and there I frequently just read everything in the local feed.

[–] match@pawb.social 3 points 5 days ago

it is nice having Enough content

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago

I actually have way too much to go through if I'm being honest. Last year, it had a good number of posts to go through and stop, now, I have way too many to cover.

[–] rainrain@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I know what you mean. It's good but not TOO good. Proper proportions of honey and shit.

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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

The opportunities for discussions and such is fun, but I miss the memes from Reddit. Lemmy is almost painfully unfunny.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago

Same, I much prefer paged scrolling as well, its easier to control or measure how much you scroll.

[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

The beauty of it is that we can enjoy it forever. If one instance gets too noisy, we can block it.

[–] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago

While do find myself using Lemmy a little too much, because of the lack of time-wasting and dopamime-hitting algorithms, I find less incentive to spend more time on Lemmy and other Fediverse socials.

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