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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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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I think that's like security by obscurity or something. There are just way too many people to surveil. That's why fear is always the best tactic for authoritarians. If people police themselves they dont have to.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What you are looking for is the panopticon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon

You aren't being watched all the time, but sometimes, and you can't tell whether you are being watched right now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How dare someone understand something before I did. Im really upset about this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

You were just born 200 years too late ;)