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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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Most stuff is never allowed to visit. Various remote sensors and controls probe the alien expanse beyond your secluded prison abode.

You may never leave, or at least, no one has yet successfully escaped to tell the tale. Some have gambled fortunes that such an escape is inevitable in post mortem preservation of a rogue self.

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[–] nun@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You are, objectively, not your mind. The brain is just another organ that specifically evolved to better help your “bone prison” survive. That it sometimes comes with unpleasant side-effects like existential dread is a trade-off that was deemed acceptable thousands of years before you came to existence and one which you have entirely no control over.