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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:

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  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
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[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Social media sites thrive on the engagement that comes from those people doom scrolling so this whole premise is antithetical to the purpose of social media sites and the only reason they aren't doing the same to children is because the law prevents them from doing so wholesale (but they will try to edge around the law every chance they get).

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

I would whole-heartedly support this.

[–] emax_gomax@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Lol, this is literally a south park episode.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

So, you mean like childish controls?

[–] Surp@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Man so much hate in this thread I'm not about what's happened at all with the USA but I'll still protect my family and show them a better way rather than let them rot and die. So many self righteous people thinking they know whats good.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

I wish I could do that with my own and from what I can tell my algorithms don't even put them in as much as other folks.

[–] vodkasolution@feddit.it 3 points 1 day ago

Sorry guys, that also happened 40 years ago in the form of "retired guy has some free time and starts buying 2 newspapers, one of which is just political propagabda"... That's definitely not on social media, they just amplified the phenomena

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Ok but adults controlling other adults isn't "reverse" tho.

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[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago

The opposite of parental controls would be blocking content made for kids

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