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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: 1

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
    • If you feel strongly that you want politics back, please volunteer as a mod.
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct

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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[–] PantsOnHead@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

I made sure not to use my real name this time. I had too much karma when I realized how dumb a move that was.

[–] Lemmylefty@vlemmy.net 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Remember back in the old web when letting people know your real name was a horrifying breach of personal privacy? Heck, having the same username for multiple places gave me the hives, if it was unique enough.

We need to go back to those days; not just for safety reasons but because there’s a freedom to the individualized anonymity of being a (apparently) distinct user in each instance.

[–] JshKlsn@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Google: DO NOT SHARE YOUR REAL NAME ON YOUTUBE!!!!!

also Google: so we merged Google+ with YouTube, so now you need to use your real name. Thanks

[–] trouser_mouse@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah I sometimes wish my parents didn't name me trouser_mouse

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Reddit was actually the first place where I didn't use my real name. Prior to that, I was on a huge kick that one of the worst things about online communities was that people were anonymous and said stuff that they wouldn't say to real life people. But by the time I signed up for Reddit eight years ago, I figured that ship had sailed.

[–] Sjoerd1993@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I honestly don’t really care, as long as you follow the golden rule (don’t be horny on main), I’m fine with my Lemmy comment history being tied to my real life persona. But I totally get why one would want the option for private names.

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

These are my IRL initials. I'll do stuff that could be traced back to me IRL on here (pet photos, professional discussions). I'll go wild on my main account.