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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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[–] aleq@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Top #1 sign(s) that you're spending too much time on YouTube.

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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

I've been thinking – somebody should make a 3rd party YT front page with its own algorithm. Google would probably be livid but we do already have alternarive front ends.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago (6 children)

The algorithm is a combination of things they think you want to watch and things they want you to watch. The latter are things that tend to keep people watching, increasing ad revenue for youtube.

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[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Why the fuck would you think this is a showerthought?

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[–] parpol@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Use Grayjay. No ads, no algorithm, all video platforms in one feed.

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 12 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Grayjay is not open-source, sadly; FreeTube and NewPipe are, though they are YT-based.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The source is available, right? You just can't fork it to include ads? Or you can't fork it at all?

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