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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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[–] pectoralis@lemm.ee 30 points 2 years ago (3 children)

WTH are you trying to say?

[–] kurimizumi@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

At a wild guess, that you may upvote a comment that you support – but there's a second part that you wouldn't agree with. Or that people should split up their comments so that people can upvote/downvote individual parts?

[–] pectoralis@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you. Take your 0.667 of an upvote.

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[–] vacuumpizzas@t.bobamilktea.xyz 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think OP is referring to comment where multiple talking points are made, but you can’t selectively apply your upvote/downvote to specific parts of the comment. You either upvote it all, or downvote it all.

So if I start talking about how pineapple is ok on a pizza, a downvote for this take also means you downvote how I’m trying to clarify OP’s message.

[–] pectoralis@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

Down with pineapple, 0.5 upvote.

[–] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Yes. This is what I mean.

[–] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I hope I made it clearer by editing the post. Let me know if it's still not clear :)