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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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I feel like Fediverse users are nicer to each other and more generous with upvotes than reddit. (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 2 years ago by LemmyBe to c/showerthoughts
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i’m doing it because I want to make the fediverse more friendly place, in hopes of making it more welcoming for new users, and the nicer place in general. But I wonder how much is just less bots.

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[–] MossBear 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I think part of it is that it seems like Lemmy has older users on average than Reddit. For teenagers and young twenty years olds raised on the internet, they seem to not really know how to talk to people in a productive way, so it's often just toxic, nasty or empty. Obviously this isn't all people, but internet culture kids tend to all sound and act the same.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As someone younger, I completely agree with you.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah some of the Reddit comment sections I’ve seen over the years have been full of people trying to instigate something.

[–] HelloHotel 2 points 2 years ago

Its sad to see what the shape of the room can do to ones psyche, really the AI has taken over because it was handed what the walls look like on a silver platter and told to get to work.