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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. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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[–] Nobody@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's so good because a lot of people have been waiting for a viable alternative to Reddit for half a decade or longer. It's non-corporate internet, the way it should be.

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[–] Famko@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

As long as there are no well-known apps on any app store, there are going to be less kids, since they probably don't want to go through GitHub. I find most of them are somewhat afraid of downloading apks from websites they might not use often.

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[–] Dejiko@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I dont know, it feels like reddit still and it isnt much about age. Pseudointelligents are present, braggers present, ad-hominem enthusiasts present, fingerprinting my machine to death most likely present, i still fear getting banned for speaking my mind as in all english-language spaces so it will probably be my first and last post on this website if not for the omnipresent abusive and constantly angry mods on every community oriented site i had posted on that bullied me for me being me and high functioning but still autism Mixed feelings, but gatekeeping quality destroyers works, thats my experience and objective knowledge that it works, and some spaces have lower demographics by age than this place but are the cozy village with admin that doesnt exploit it. Its not about age its about maturity Lets sit and watch what is going to hatch of this site, my feelings are mixed

[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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[–] hunte@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The internet as a whole was much better when websites and services were not designed to cater to kids.

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[–] razorwiregoatlick@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reminds me of Reddit around 2010.

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[–] _kato@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Would you not consider people in their mid twenties kids?

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[–] DuzAwe@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

I remember shortly after the death of digg rage comics being peak humor and suddenly an influx of kids not understanding how to make a rage comic killing that sub.

It reminds me of the day the internet died, when so many new AOL users overwhelmed the forums at the time and killed all the etiquette that had formed up to that point. Internet been stagnant for longer than it should have been. I’m excited to see where things go now.

[–] Purpureo@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I loved reddit but there were definitely times where it felt like I was in a high school cafeteria.

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[–] simo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The deep rock galactic subreddit got overrun by kids and their stupid, shit memes, long live Lemmy!

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[–] heffa@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

the kids are alright

[–] wtf_man@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

hot take but nobody under 18 should be allowed on any form of social media or internet forum

but there's no way to enforce that. better solution is to just get rid of all social media

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[–] Techyno@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I'm not convinced.

[–] ricdeh@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] megane_kun@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Coming from someone who was your age before you were born: you do you.

'Age' is mostly just a matter of experience and perspective anyways. I could be as old as earth itself but lack the experience to know any better. On the other hand, you could have a better perspective on things (compared to me) because you have been through a lot, or is more thoughtful and reflective about things.

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