this post was submitted on 17 May 2025
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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:

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
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

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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But the advantage is that Lemmy allows Tor. 😅

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[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

I get around that problem by simply never looking at your usernames

[–] muusemuuse@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

Meh, wake me when it has an i2p presence

[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

As for posting stuff on the internet, I don't care anymore. I just try to not post stupid shit, and be decent to other people.

[–] dirtycrow@programming.dev 3 points 6 hours ago

I’ve had the misfortune of posting on Craigslist Forums and then having at least 1-2 people shit on me or call me a moron

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 19 points 14 hours ago (6 children)

Lemmy is also not overrun by AI bots and sock puppets.

[–] dirtycrow@programming.dev 6 points 6 hours ago
[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 7 points 12 hours ago

Everyone here is my alt, except you.

There are only two real users on Lemmy, its just you and me. Get pranked!

/jk

[–] Inkstainthebat@pawb.social 2 points 12 hours ago

Wouldn't sock puppeting be much easier on Lemmy? Or does Lemmy implement a minimum account age system like Reddit does?

[–] Dempf@lemmy.zip 2 points 13 hours ago

It would be pretty easily though, if anyone starts to think that it's important.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

This is what they want you to believe!

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[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 9 points 12 hours ago

I mean, sure, if we're pretending you can't abandon accounts at will and make new ones elsewhere in the lemmy...verse.

The whole idea of "who" is kinda pointless.

Maybe I am the real Vanilla Puddinfudge. Maybe I'm not. What would it mean either way?

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 6 points 12 hours ago

I love being able to have the small-forum feeling of my home instance but also feeling connected to communities elsewhere.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago

Username checks out

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Hi Mr. Shankles, nice to see you again. /s

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The /s makes it sound rude, like it's not nice to see me lol

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Is it that I’ve never run across you before, or that I’ve never liked it? You’ll never know. /s

[–] Magnus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It's the same with every small forum tbh

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 16 points 17 hours ago (3 children)
[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Calm down buddy, Magnus didn't do nothin wrong.

[–] Huschke@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

Praise ~~Kier~~ Klear!

[–] Magnus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 16 hours ago
[–] answersplease77@lemmy.world 13 points 17 hours ago (7 children)

your privacy is worse on lemmy. anyone can access all your comment and post upvotes and downvotes. your pms are open for server admins to read. both examples need to be fixed imo

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 14 hours ago

Btw, your PMs being available to admins is the same on like every socmed. If you have to use lemmy as your secure method of communication (you shouldn't), at least use PGP, but lemmy isn't meant for that, use XMPP or Matrix or even Signal I guess.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 12 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

People DM each other on Lemmy?

[–] tauren@lemm.ee 5 points 12 hours ago

TIL that feature exists

[–] Kekzkrieger@feddit.org 8 points 14 hours ago

So can you on reddit.

[–] rowdyrockets@lemm.ee 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Your privacy is the same on either. But now, anyone can gain that information, not just Reddit’s investors and partners.

It’s what you write on these platforms that affects your privacy.

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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 17 hours ago

The place is a Village rather than a City.

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 24 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I think should touch some grass because i may recognise more people here than in the village i am living in for like 2 jears

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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 points 14 hours ago

Oh, you pickled moon dumpling.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 10 points 18 hours ago

It's also not only about upvotes here.

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