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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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[–] ZiemekZ@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The main difference is that nobody considers referring to Whoopi Goldberg as Caryn Elaine Johnson a hate crime.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I don't think anyone considers calling someone by another name a crime, it's just considered rude and non professional/business like. If I went into work and called someone I didn't like by another random name all the time until the point it was making them feel uncomfortable, HR would come ask me to stop creating a less than ideal work environment and making my coworkers uncomfortable. If I refused to do so, I would expect the HR department to end my employment for that company. None of it is a hate crime, but people have a right to exist and be not be treated in a way you wouldn't treat others.

[–] Nomorereddit@lemmy.today 3 points 3 weeks ago

I was only ok with the fake name of Guynan.

Whoopi suck. Guyana, helped picard saved humanity.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

🔥🔥🔥

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

TIL it was a fart joke.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 points 3 weeks ago

That's the problem.

Gender change is a premium feature, how dare ypu, peasant!

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