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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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  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
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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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You might unable to write on one website but you can always write on blockchain or another blog. Is censorship really a thing online.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

The idea of censorship is millenniums old. If you think it can only happen online, then you have been spared the worst of humanity.

[–] vatlark 2 points 2 years ago

Speaking of censorship...

Congrats you got the FIRST ever report in our community.

I got one report for "Not a showerthought". Thought I would pass the feedback along.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Only if the government gets involved

[–] WhoRoger 1 points 2 years ago

Censorship isn't as much about not letting you speak, but about not letting others hear you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

If you are not allowed to vent your opinion in a (real world) public marketplace with 1000 people listening to you, but you go to a forest, where only birds listen to you and you shout the same opinion, are you censored or not?

[–] clif 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

🤔 Looking at it from the other direction, I feel like while there's not much stopping someone from publishing something (somewhere) on the internet, it's more likely for access to that source to be blocked for other people.

For example, I can publish anything on but if is blocked from being accessed by your locale, then it's still censored.

EDIT : I just realized this was /c/ShowerThoughts 🤣

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago