this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2024
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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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Posts would describe bizarre situations people have found themselves in, and commenters would take a stab at what put them there.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I mean...

If you build it, they will come

Plan it out, spin it up, and then announce it at [email protected] or somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Subscribed.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

There’s a lot of potential here.

lemmy_check: crowdsourced fact-checking

lemmy_see: spot to compare pics of arbitrary stuff (lemmy see your favorite mug)

lemmy_know: ad-hoc polls, recommendations or requests for how-tos (lemmy know how you season your mac and cheese)

lemmy_tell_ya: rants about whatever

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

can i make these, since technically these are your ideas, i am definitely interested in lemmy_check. I believe lemmy_know is very close to c/ask

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Lemmy_at_them, to have a wider scope.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

I was searching for something that. Cool! I think the old Scrappy Doo character came to mind first!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 days ago

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago

I'd subscribe to that community

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

On the flip side, The Margot Robbie account created Now Lemmy Explain.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago (2 children)

So cool it hurts, apparently?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

They are shitting bulls, probably living a life of constant pain

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Oh wow thank you so much!

I got super busy today and only just got back on now to see the idea seems to have some traction. I will try to post/comment there to get ball rolling.

I was thinking actually, you could have posts that, like I suggested, describe a strange situation and invite people to speculate on how it came about. But you could also give some sort of narrative that describes the circumstances instead and leads up to a point where you go "…and you'll never guess what happened next!" or something to that effect.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Community for fake/real stories and commenters get to discuss if it's real or not. This is actually just the green text community nevermind

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

More like AITA

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

CREATE IT NOW

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

And a hook-up community called lemmy_holla