this post was submitted on 10 Jan 2026
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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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We really need a community where you can just post about anything that you're really passionate about, which you're currently researching/thinking about, sothat others can learn something about it as well and maybe discuss about it.

This showerthoughts community is a bit like it because you can just post whatever comes to your mind, but i'd like it to be more in-depth and with higher quality. Something like showerthoughts, but bathtubthoughts, i.e. when you're soaking in a hot bathtub and thinking about stuff for 20 minutes or sth, and then post that. You know what i mean?

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[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't that just this entire platform?

Or have I being doing it wrong

It's for when you can't find the right other place to post it :)

Like, there's no big community willing to absorb your thoughts already.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 40 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 4 points 1 day ago

Subbed as well

[–] HorikBrun@kbin.earth 9 points 1 day ago

Appreciate this. I'll read whatever is going thru others' minds. It's kind of like parallel play, just "hearing" other people talk about what's got their attention atm

[–] lena@gregtech.eu 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

This is the beginning of something great. Joined!

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

you are the beginning of something great :3

[–] lena@gregtech.eu 2 points 16 hours ago

I am something great >:3

[–] db2@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (4 children)

AuDHD

If you get the joke we can be friends.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i don't get the joke. :( can we still be friends?

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Au is gold, DHD stands for something relevant? Am I on the right lines?

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 7 points 1 day ago

Dial Home Device.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

You're almost dialed in, yeah

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 day ago
[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 2 points 1 day ago

I really like the noise they make when they get pressed

[–] THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My girlfriend let me take over our whole dining room table with my childhood Lionel trains. Things are good right now.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

DUDE!!!!!

...........can I come over? I like trains!