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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Sharing clickbait, "viral" or wannabe viral posts, and the like is the real internet equivalent of losing the game (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 2 months ago by ElectroVagrant to c/showerthoughts

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sorry

for your loss
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[–] breadsmasher 3 points 2 months ago

what?

[–] Rhynoplaz 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You might want to explain that one a little bit.

[–] ElectroVagrant 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A variation on the game on the internet would arguably be avoiding sharing clickbait, wannabe viral posts, e.g. LinkedInLunatics' absurd posts promoting a business or work expectations, and other variations of attention grabbing nonsense, i.e. mis/disinformation.

Not sharing attention bait at all, and not giving it further attention, is a way to successfully play this form of the game. However, by its very nature, many often can't help but occasionally share content of this form, wittingly or not, and in turn are frequently losing this game.