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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
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    • 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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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Articulates the grovelling of Gemini perfectly. I am expected to use it at work now and I can't stand all the patronizing knob-polishing it's constantly doing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

< I am expected to use it at work now

How so?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

My company switched from Microsoft Office products to to Google Workspace. Gemini is integrated with everything in workspace now. The expectation from execs is that we use these tools to do more with fewer people.

They already chopped the people, but because the AI tools haven't saved us from how deep they cut yet, The Big Giant Head is now tracking how much each of us use the tools every day to make sure we're trying...

Stay out of corpo jobs if you can, peeps.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Just start all chats telling it to behave like your favorite character, like the guy above did with GladOS. Genius move.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Really? I use Gemini 2.5 Pro and it's noticeably less "like that".