I love the idea
this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2024
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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.
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- 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
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The irony is that this post itself is political.
I just wish people weren't so aggressive with politics.
I've noticed a severe lack of perspective and empathy in these communities which has greatly deterred me from engaging.
Reddit was bad as well, but it seemed to attract a more rounded and informed community at least in the early days. Probably a function of fragmentation more than anything.
Love the idea, but good luck. Federation has some downsides, one of them being it will be literally impossible to get consensus on this from all servers.
You can have January 23rd. 2026. Unless that's within 3 years of infrastructure week. We need to do branding on that then.
This is outrageous! I demand February 2nd.
Okay I talked it over with the lizard people council and they agreed to February 31st.
Damn you lizard people! Damn you to hell!
I just block the communities and users. Can't rawdog lemmy.
Might as well shut down the whole damn site like nickelodeon day of play
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On an individual community this could work, sure, but on the whole website you would effectively be closing certain communities entirely.
Turns out there are numerous communities with no political content. One could choose to only read those, on any given day.
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this is why i like to create lists (on social) or bookmark certain communities instead of subscribing or following so it can easily be put aside when i need a mental health day (which, being trans, is more often than not these days :|)
Just block em. By blocking a half dozen politics subs and a dozen or so chronically online leftist agendaposters I've really cleared the air. Makes the experience a lot more enjoyable. :)
"Everything is political."
Missing the point.
What is the point?