this post was submitted on 26 Jul 2025
196 points (97.6% liked)
Showerthoughts
36249 readers
506 users here now
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:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
Rules
- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- 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
- Posts must be original/unique
- 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.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
American remakes generally suck. The same could be for remakes in other countries; I can't speak to that, but the French original La Femme Nikita was incredible. The American remake sucked. The British original Who's Line Is It, Anyway (TV) was great; the US series stank.
I think that's just the nature of remakes.
The original tends to have a certain magic that makes it work so well. Whenever you remake something there's the risk that the magic is diluted, or lost completely. It's extremely rare to add more of what makes it work. Sequels often suffer the same problems.
Basically it's not that remakes are inherently worse, they tend to be more average. It's just that studios don't remake poor shows. So we tend to see a lot more of the decline.