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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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If the government is willing to spend the effort to investigate, they'll find that deleted comment you posted 10 years ago criticizing the government.

But if you want to find your lost files after your cloud account gets suspended for vague "ToS Violations", I hope you have a backup, because good luck trying to get the cloud provider to send you a copy of your files.

It might be out there, but not for you.

Unless you convince a government to try and get it for you. 🤔

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[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Murphy's Law: the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ackshually that's Cunningham's Law, named after the inventor of wiki software. Murphy's law is about how everything will go wrong.

... wait

[–] jim_v@lemmy.world 11 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

I thought it was Cole's Law. 🤔

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 14 points 23 hours ago

Apparently that's a salad made of cabbage

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 22 hours ago

Oh, well done sir, well done!

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

YES THAT IS CORRECT AND NOBODY NEEDS TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

I know some people hate these threads, but I think they're fun. I'd never start one, but I'll join in if someone else does.