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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

Rules

  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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They might also be meaningless internet points. Who knows.

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[–] Saltycracker 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Do the lemmy points actually matters ?

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

If you believe the points matter, they will, but only to some extent. If you couldn't care less, you can also safely ignore the them completely.

[–] Saltycracker 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean is it like a ranking system similar to Reddit?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

Pretty much, yeah. The biggest difference is that the feed contains only the kind of stuff that should be there. Reddit likes to mix on some random trash that has nothing to do with anything besides engagement and ad revenue.