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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. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I'm more motivated to participate when there's fewer comments. On Reddit I often refrained from commenting when I noticed the other commenters already covered the point I wanted to make.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Or someone with the same opinion as yours will start argue with you because you said it in a different way that they don't agree with.

[–] MelonTheMan 5 points 1 year ago

They wouldn't "argue" they would correct you.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes those are the worst. Some people think that a normal conversation should be an exchange of contradictions, even when agreeing. I know exactly 1 person like that in real life who hasn't matured beyond that, but with the size of Reddit, there'd always be one.

I also got a funny reply one time from someone who claimed to have just thought something unique, after which he literally just rewrote my exact post. Basically doing "I made this" while trying to argue about it. After all I'm glad I managed to make him understand something, but he must be an insufferable genius to be around.

Eventually there will be crazy people here too, but so far it seems a lot less pretentious than the Reddit hivemind.

[–] Klear 9 points 1 year ago

Came here to say this.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't forget karma whoring, where your comments will be invisible to the algorithm and you seem to talk to an empty wall, while one liners and easy jokes are at the top.

[–] devious 1 points 1 year ago

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Uhhhh, sorry!

[–] RojaBunny 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same here. Even subs (instances? communities? still figuring out the lingo, sorry) are so quiet I'm even posting actual posts. Or on news posts, I have a question about the content where on reddit someone will have already asked and I can just see what responses or vitriol they got.

[–] TeaHands 3 points 1 year ago

Communities on Lemmy, magazines on Kbin. Fyi 🙂

[–] Agent_Dante_Z 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the size can be pretty overwhelming