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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

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[โ€“] netvor@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

My preferred nickname was taken on Reddit, I had to use a lame one (~5-10 years ago when I was creating the account).

My obsessive personality dictates that however awesome the platform is, if I can't use netvor (without any suffixes etc.) I just don't ever really form any attachment to the platform. Normally traits like this are problematic but it probably saved me from shittons of hours of arguing with Someone wrong on the Internet, so there's the bright side. ๐Ÿ”†

[โ€“] Korne127@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm glad you got it here then :)

And I understand that haha; but the good side is that even if it would be taken on one instance, you could just go to a different one.

[โ€“] netvor@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would totally have went instance-shopping for my username.

Like I did with mastodon... too bad I don't remember name of the instance. (I sure remember the username!)

[โ€“] netvor@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I've even considered possibility of this vicious cycle:

  1. I register somewhere as netvor
  2. I forget that I ever registered
  3. few years later, I try to (re-)register
  4. it's taken by "someone", let's find another instance then...
  5. go to step 1