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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:

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Tell you a problem I've had with it recently: search.

Used to be, you'd search Youtube for something like 'how to make a zero clearance throat plate for table saw" and you'd get pages of useful results, then some not so great results, then things that make you say "no not that kind of throat." and by then it's just giving you results with at least one of the search terms in it.

Now, you'll get maybe ten relevant results, then about ten results that have absolutely nothing to do with your search, just...stuff it would clutter your home page with. Like you're not trying to find information. You can feel that "increase watch time at all costs" shit.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

When you search for something that doesn't give tons of results with decent or above views, they keep injecting sections of 3 "other videos you might like". Which makes it really annoying to find something less popular.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago

One trick I usually use to get at least another ten or so relevant results is to explicitly click the "videos" Tag below the search. This way (at least on mobile) I actually have a chance of finding the video I was hoping to find...