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

I agree so much.

I love discussing things with people who think differently than I do, that’s how we learn. We should be able to disagree in a civil way and exchange ideas and understand each other and eventually agree to disagree.

But we can’t.

Online it’s either one extreme or the other.

When is someone going to have the balls to create a place where people can argue and talk shit out? Or is that just too mature for the kids online these days who cannot handle a disagreement?

Maybe there should be online discussions that are age restricted. No teenagers, 30+ adults only. I wonder if that would be better or worse

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aren't you doing that right now?

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

I mean I always try, because I believe in it.

I think I’ve probably lost 40% of my total upvotes having this conversation though. On reddit when you go too deep into negative karma you need to make a new account because you can’t post in a lot of communities at that point

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you're speaking with people willing to engage and you're not seeing it. Downvotes don't mean people aren't discussing, it means they don't agree or they think you're coming from a trolling place.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

No no, I don’t mean anyone specifically in this conversation

I was more speaking in general.