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

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NEW RULE: added on an appropriate day (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by vatlark to c/showerthoughts

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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

An elevator is guided by rails and pulled by cables. Therefore, it is a funicular railway. (monyet.cc)

submitted 31 minutes ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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If the US federal government is a production system, I sure hope someone's taking extensive backups! (lemm.ee)

submitted 41 minutes ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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The Popeye theme tune is basically a limerick (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 6 hours ago by HonoraryMancunian to c/showerthoughts

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Putin's net worth is one bayonet away from being as valuable as Gaddafi's net worth. (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 9 hours ago by gamma_ray_magic to c/showerthoughts

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Muammar_Gaddafi

Muammar Gaddafi Net Worth

Putin's net worth

Maybe when people talk about who the richest person in the world is they should include a fragility/stability factor. Billionaires in China and Russia don't have all the freedom as ones in the U.S. and billionaire politicians are one successful insurrection from losing it all.

Do you think there's one really obsessed T. J. Hooker fan out there who gets super pissed off that everyone always looks at William Shatner and thinks Star Trek? (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 12 hours ago by FlyingSquid to c/showerthoughts

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Or possibly a big Boston Legal fan?

HE'S NOT KIRK, DAMN IT! HE'S DENNY CRANE!

You create humans and promise them an eternal afterlife, but they wear out their welcome after 37 septillion years so you place them in a time loop where they repeat their lives forever. (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 11 hours ago by gamma_ray_magic to c/showerthoughts

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create humans
promise them an eternal afterlife
grow tired of them but you never lie or go back on your word
while thinking of a loophole the word loop gets stuck in your head so you realize you can just put them all in a time loop where they live eternally but you don't have to deal with them anymore

Almost all software can be a video game if you find something interesting or fun about it (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 21 hours ago by ElectroVagrant to c/showerthoughts

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People who were born in the year 2000 can never forget what age they are. (leminal.space)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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When bees become an endangered species, would it be illegal if one were to sting you? (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) by School_Lunch to c/showerthoughts

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Since Walter White cooked, he should have called himself "Maillard". (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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Miracle On 34th Street is a movie about how judges are easily swayed by irresponsible concerns (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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AI is being shoe horned into all things tech to enable backdoors for the purposes of automating mass surveillance and simplifying personality profiling. (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by stupidcommieopensourceBS to c/showerthoughts

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What do you think, ChatGPT? If it can create almost perfect summaries with a prompt; why wouldn't it work in reverse? AI built into Windows could flag potentially subversives thoughts typed into Notepad or Word, as well as flag "problematic" clicks and compare it to previously profiled behavior. AI built into your GPU could build an behavioral profile based on your interactions with your hentai Sonic the Hedgehog game.

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Sometimes polarized sunglasses feel like very niche irl ad blockers (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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Unlocks the permanently black screen feature to a digital billboard near you

With 1000+ Linux distros, it seems like there'd be one with backdoors clandestinely created and distributed by the NSA. (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 3 days ago by no_effing_merlot to c/showerthoughts

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Some tech bros who want to disrupt things should match up companies that need night security and have huge empty parking lots with those who live in their car and need to park somewhere. (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 5 days ago by booyahhhhhh to c/showerthoughts

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People frequently state the statistic about the number of empty houses and apartments versus the number of homeless.

There are 27.4 Empty Homes for Each Homeless Person in the U.S

Well, there's about a million times more empty parking spots versus people living in their car.

Video streaming services should provide an option to disable thumbnails and description (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by nnullzz to c/showerthoughts

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It happens so often where we’re watching a series and as we’re scrolling to the right episode, we see thumbnails made from a clip in that episode. So like if someone was maybe about to die, now I know that’s not gonna be the case. And most of the time, the description says too much.

Edit: I should maybe specific that I’m mainly talking about services like Netflix, Prime, etc.

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If you are listening to music with wired headphones while the device you are using is charging, you are probably connected indirectly to someone doing the same. (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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