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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Half the time you just have to say "Fuck Tankies" or "Vote DNC" and you'll get 4, 10, or even 20 of the most cookie cutter responses you've ever seen in your life.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I assume the right-wing propaganda planners have decided they need to counter something I said

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I know what I said, y'all's angst feeds me.

This would all be easier if you all just agreed with me, the always correct person.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If I'm ever wrong. I delete that comment and pretend it didn't happen. Or if someone actually makes a good counter argument I just go "meh, don't feel like replying" and leave them unread. I do the worst crime. I'll be 10 replies in and I won't even downvote their last comment to let them know I read it. I'm sure it's infuriating.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

I might not always be right, but I'm never wrong

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm too scared to check tbh. Somebody tell me if I am getting downvoted because I see 150 unreads

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

you kicked the .ml hornet nest, didn't you?

here's some ointment, now take your medicine and join the rest of the lemmies

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

Normally people just hardcore virtue signaling.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 week ago (3 children)

My first thought is always "Must be Nicole the Fediverse chick again" 😂

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I just got her message this morning! 😂

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Most of the time I know exactly what I'm getting if I see more than maybe 3+ comments. Usually it's me saying something anti-communist, something on brand enough for me.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

At least unlike reddit people aren’t directly insulting you.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

We have very different lemmy experiences

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

Me is, how stoned was I.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Immediately go to my comments to see whats getting downvoted to hell.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Usually means you got featured on hexbear

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Since there's no serious answer: hexbear is a highly toxic instance that has been defederated by most other instances. However, their users will keep tabs on what's said on other instances, and they'll occasionally show up en masse with alt accounts to attack something that particularly enraged them.

Many of them are...not quite mentally stable.

They're probably the single largest base of tankie support. For them, America = bad, and anyone opposed to America = good. They pretend to care about communism etc but they're really just anti-American. Saying anything negative about China gets you instantly banned.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

A fictional entity used by right wingers on Lemmy to victimize themselves.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Are you literally claiming hexbear doesn't exist?

That's a new one

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you don't know, count yourself hella lucky and move on with your day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What does your uid signify?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

When you had hex with a bear last night but can't remember.

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