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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

Rules

  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
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct

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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Let's say Sunday is NoPo day, for example. I think we'd all be in a better mood that day.

Edit. Yikes. Way too many people taking this too seriously and missing the point.

No, I'm not trying to suppress your free speech.

No, this post is not oppressive of your political views in anyway.

No, this doesn't have any baring whatsoever on what country you're from.

If your response to this shower thought is a four paragraph rage you are already lost. Why are you in showerthoughts?

No, this does not have anything to do with subscriptions or blocking communities.

If you're incapable of light jokes then no, you should not comment.

And finally, no, this is not a serious request post. I can't believe that needs to be explained for half the people here...

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Turns out there are numerous communities with no political content. One could choose to only read those, on any given day.

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

I use filters on voyager to block whatever annoys me.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

No politics means to not speak to anyone. Anything can be construed as political speech.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

Did you have a day in mind? Does it cater to only one country? Is there something to learn from that ?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

Upvoted because this comments section is nuts

[–] LaLuzDelSol -1 points 3 months ago

Just block em. By blocking a half dozen politics subs and a dozen or so chronically online leftist agendaposters I've really cleared the air. Makes the experience a lot more enjoyable. :)

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago

I'm guessing this site would be a dud on that day, since most of yall have about as much charisma as an old shoe.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago

I feel like the entire comment section just proves the op's point ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I like how everyone here is missing the point entirely. I don't want yet another heated comments section. Why is it to complicated to not have everyone dying on some random hill.

[–] hperrin -5 points 3 months ago

If you don’t like politics, just move to a country where you don’t get to vote. Problem solved.

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