this post was submitted on 09 Sep 2026
81 points (96.6% liked)

Showerthoughts

43668 readers
444 users here now

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.

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
vatlark@lemmy.world
forkball@lemmy.world
SuperEars@lemmy.world
81
Everyone should like at least one polarizing thing. (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
78 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Not, like, politics or racism or anything like that, but everyone should have some weird or obscure thing they like that is definitely not something everyone likes. There is some kind of weird, obscure, maybe hard to find thing that speaks to you on a specific level that only a certain amount of people also like. I think it’s an important part of finding yourself.

For instance, my favorite book series is John Dies At The End, not just because it’s the most fun you can have reading a book, but because it introduced me to gonzo lovecraftian as a genre. I try to get everyone I know to read those books. A lot of people just don’t get it. Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place might have been the most formative experience in my life. A lot of people just don’t get it. (I’m from the states, I understand a lot of folks from the UK understand how great it is. Even better than quantum leap.) Tetsuo: The Iron Man is probably my favorite movie of all time. My brother loved it, it has made some people stop talking with me. I like weird shit, I could go on. I raced home from school to watch Beetleborgs.

What weird, obscure, specific thing have you fallen in love with that it seems like nobody else is aware of?

Also, Phantom Crash is the best game there ever was. I will fight you.

(This was an actual thought I had in the shower. I take long showers.)

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for saying this! I wouldn't go as far as to say that everybody should have something like that. Rather, I think it's important that if you happen to have something that you like and people question it, that you give zero fucks. 😊❤️

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I agree, that’s a much better way to say it.

What is yours?

[–] akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 days ago

Basically all my interests are frowned upon. Or maybe rather my enthusiasm? I make "exaggerated" facial expressions out of joy, which people either laugh at or "alienates" them. I am interested in so many things - and actually study them whenever I get the chance - and I feel like a freak whenever I try to share my joy about it with people.

I can't really think of anything polarizing or having shock value at the moment, other than being ideologically a revolutionary who hates revisionism, but that's a political topic, which you wanted to avoid.

If I lower the bar quite a bit, maybe yuri? Yuri is one of the few things that make me feel relaxed. It's like when I'm showering: shielded from the pains of the world. Yuri specifically also helps somewhat with my gender dysphoria - until I stop reading, that is.

I'll update the comment if I think of anything more polarizing.