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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

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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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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could’ve sworn Data was built specifically to be that way because the prior model unnerved people, and also conspired to kill an entire camp of federation colonists.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Correct. Lore was too human in some ways, but he lacked empathy.

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

You can't have empathy if you don't have emotions.

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

Lore had anger, hatred, jealousy, etc... plenty of emotions.

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

Didn't he only get those later after he stole the emotion chip from Data?

[–] crusty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He stole it to get access to more emotions and to try and fix his defective ones iirc

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Ah okay. It has been a few years since I last watched it.