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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:

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  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

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[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Loitering is illegal in the US because public spaces are free. Why are you just sitting in a public space for free when you could be sitting in a cafe or restaurant and contributing to the economy? Oh you don't have that money? Well then you're worthless to society and just shouldn't exist, obviously.

[–] netvor@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

when you could be sitting in a cafe or restaurant and contributing to the economy

or even better, being exploited for cheap labor in prison!

[–] discocactus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Only illegal if you're a teenager or a minority.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Most (including my city) places, have no age/other restrictions on the law. Although they are often used against those groups.

[–] GoldAxolotl@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Why would you seat doing nothing instead of making money to donate them to some FOSS projects, that are desperately needing them? And there are many such projects. Time to invest in good things, go grab some buzz and donate to your favourite FOSS project(s)! Then we go chilling in the forest with moon partisans and being worthless to regimes around the globe... together.