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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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[–] SpaceNoodle -5 points 5 months ago (4 children)
[–] WhyAUsername_1 6 points 5 months ago

Could you be any more wrong?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

If you mean that these search engines use Bing, than this is true only for DDG. Mojeek is independent.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I'll give you an up vote as I want that to be a thing. "Let me Bing it for you"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In case you’re wondering about the downvotes, using any search index verbification other than “Google” demonstrates greater techno-activism than pointing out that DDG uses the Bing API. Your effort has been noted, however, and will be evaluated at the next summit.

[–] SpaceNoodle 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The purposeful insinuation of a falsehood was enough to get people to admit that DDG is just Bing with a hat on while dogpiling on the assumed "mistake." I'll take it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Mmm, understood. Antiheroics are especially well-regarded. I’ll be sure this is accurately reflected in the report.

[–] SpaceNoodle 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Make sure to note I'm really tall so I get preferential treatment due to their unconscious biases