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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I've noticed that lemmy as a whole is much more leftist than reddit (outside of political servers of course) (lemmy.world)

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I can't really think of a reason for that as Reddit is hated somewhat equally by "both" sides of the spectrum. It's just something I find interesting.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

The political vibe on Lemmy isn't really a new thing. Reddit had it 15 years ago. Good forums and IRC channels had it before that. It's been part of the "golden age" of every online social medium

Eventually, teenage edgelords find start taking up too much space. Shortly after that, the far-right turn up to prey on them.

The people who made the platform good in the first place leave and the cycle begins anew.