Showerthoughts

31105 readers

731 users here now

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

All posts must be showerthoughts
The entire showerthought must be in the title
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.
Posts must be original/unique
Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

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.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

vatlark

forkball

Thekingoflorda

530

GoneWild was once about people feeling wild and posting pictures of it. Now it's just OnlyFans sale (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 5 days ago by EfreetSK to c/showerthoughts

99 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You shouldn't strive to profit off doing things you enjoy

Sounds like a win-win to me

[–] surewhynotlem 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Only if you're lucky. I loved programming. Used to do it all the time. Got a job doing it, and it's just exhausting now. So much gets caught up in the process: money to survive, meeting other people's deadlines and goals, etc. It kills the enjoyment.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Would you rather have a hobby, or food and shelter? Having a love of programming made you good at programming. But programming is a means to an end. It's enjoyable, but if you don't produce anything, you're just masturbating. Once you are good at it, you don't have to enjoy anymore.

[–] surewhynotlem 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Of course, you'd rather have food or shelter. And why would you not have food and shelter? Oh, because society deems that if you don't work, you don't live.

And don't knock masturbating. It's a lot of fun. So is programming with no real goal. Sometimes you enjoy the journey, not the destination.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Yes. It's fun. Fun is secondary to survival. When you have paid your bills, you are free to program for fun! Or, you can forsake your most marketable skill where you have spent the bulk of your character points and compromise your ability to survive for the sake of ... fun.

Play is itself a means to an end. It makes you interested in doing things that you can learn from. Play can be rewarding in itself, but hedonism is a trap.

[–] surewhynotlem 2 points 4 days ago

I see what you're saying, but I think we disagree on a basic premise.

What's the purpose of society?