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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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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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    • 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
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[–] mlg@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah I know about them, and they were actually the inspiration for Dedsec in Watchdogs, but they shuttered after the FBI caught one and flipped him real quick lol.

I could be wrong, but I don't think we ever really saw a group like LulzSec again with the same level of notoriety and success.

[–] trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf 2 points 5 days ago

Fuck Sabu, all my homies hate Sabu

That's fair, as you said most are smashed these days by capitalism and thus focus on ransomware.

The thing is if a group wanted to remain in operation, being public is against their own interest. Back then it was easier to get away with things. Cloudflare wasn't as advanced/heavily utilized, load balancers weren't considered and lots of old architecture riddled with vulns made things fun. Web security was also extremely poor via xss.