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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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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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    • 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.
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Part of the latest migration wave. Something I realized when looking for communities on google is that "lemmy community" is super clumsy.

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[–] pinwurm 70 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Hmm, after a quick Google - I vote for Slice. That’s what you call a group of lemmings. A slice of lemmings.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wish we could make slice catch on. Not only for the reason you mentioned, but it also implies that what you are looking at is a part of a whole. So communities are a slice of lemmy.

[–] pinwurm 4 points 2 years ago

Guess you can always … try it, see if it catches on.

“””You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” -Wayne Gretzky” - Michael Scott” - pinwurm

[–] Klear 10 points 2 years ago

Holy shit, that's amazing!

...meaning it will never catch on, but still. Great find.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ooo I kinda like this a lot! How do we get this to be official?

[–] pinwurm 5 points 2 years ago

Could always ask the devs?

Kbin can their communities Magazines, so people are okay with alternate names for communities already.

Then again trends catch on in weird ways. What we end up calling them might be something we haven’t heard suggested yet.

[–] Saint_of_Illusion 3 points 2 years ago

Here and now, we take a stand and use "slice" exclusively. It's so fetch!