Wait, this isn't a showerthought. Blocked!
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this post was submitted on 06 Apr 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:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
Rules
- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- 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
- Posts must be original/unique
- 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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Block who you want. Life is too short to tolerate fools.
As Elvis Costello once famously crooned, 'Only fools Russian.'
If it's a 3-hour-old account, I don't worry about it.
If they have extensive post history and it doesn't seem awfully toxic, and their modlog doesn't indicate that this is a habit for them, then I might just assume they're having a bad day and let it slide this time while hiding the thread.
It usually doesn't take many repeats of them posting about kids of rich people street racing or a single mother asking about her teenage son's erections or whatever before I go "this guy again??" At that point I just block them.
If it's just the main post, I get it. If it continues in the comment replies, it's more than just a bad day.
I'm not sure, but it feels like a LOT of trolls test the waters of Lemmy by posting their nonsense in this comm.
This is a shower thought?
Can't remember the last time I saw a shower thought in this community. This is just an opinion community in my eyes.
You didn't see the one about baths decreasing the available amount of shower thoughts, shower thought?
Is this?
Blocked
It is ok to protect your healthy mental space by blocking folks. It isn't a sign of weakness.
I'd even argue that it's a sign of strength, to be able to recognize behavior that you perceive as toxic and block/avoid wankers who display such behavior.
You should block me
You mean the one from the obvious troll account that was obvious?
valid
also what post was it lol
Dude admitted that he was trolling and intended to do more. An easily earned block.
Context? What dude?
Just a random chud who created an account today to troll and has already been banned. I already forgot his painfully obvious handle.
Oh okay, doesn't seem like a big deal then.
Bye! 🤣
I have been broadening my criteria. Some things are casual conversation and if a person is responding like comments are about something is a statement about the definitive definition of something and its like ugh. im sick of this.
Ah yes, cantankerous, a word I haven't seen in quite a minute. What are the odds, huh?
100%
You miss 100% of the words you don't see.
Get off my mind lawn you kids!
Out of all the communities where I've seen people complain about how well posts fit the theme, this one (along with the reddit version) confused me the most. Random thoughts aren't random enough? What?
It feels like first world problems: extreme edition.
But I usually browse by all, so maybe I'm missing something fundamental.
Has the world as a wholeprogressed to the point that we couldn't consider all of everything on Lemmy to be first world problems?
How much of a presence do non-first-world people have on Lemmy?
They are posted about often enough. Though I guess a lot of them are litterally caused by the first world.
Though going by "first world problem" meaning "problem that would be trivial if you had real problems", some of the mod/admin drama is relevant, as it's about censorship and what is or isn't allowed at a community or instance level rather than individual.
Edit: Not really arguing against your point here btw, just discussing, as I'd grant the point overall 🙂
You're probably better off auditing a University course then, instead of exchanging ideas on Lemmy.
Okay you win that's the dumbest response so far
Not so dumb actually. You take whatever course you want for free, get to listen to very smart people that know the topic, and probably learn something. What's the downside?