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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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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 31 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It is not illegal in the slightest as we are protected by the first amendment

"Let's overthrow the government"

I'm not going to jail over some random remarks

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You put it in quotes. Like a big ole scaredycat

Let's overthrow the government, hang all the billionaires from highway overpasses, and set anyone who resists us on fire.

...

In... In Minecraft

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago

Let's overthrow the government

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Them amendments are so well protected too. Didnt the government gun down a nurse for excercising their right to bear arms freedom of assembly?

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The government has executed scores of people for exercising their right to bare arms.

Turns out you only have the rights the police are willing to respect. Which means you don't actually have any.

[–] Doom@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Now now, if you are in the protected minority of red hats all the rights absolutely apply to you. Along with some bonus rights that aren't even in the constitution. Funny how that works.

[–] themaninblack@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

But imminent incitement to violence will get you got