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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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I joined reddit on the tailwind, so it was all echo chamber, we hate newcomers, gatekeeping, automod frenzy, too many rulebreakers, too many rules, etc I could be wrong, but thats what I imagine it used to be like.

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

They are actually pretty nice with each other, IMO. They do make fun of liberals a lot, but one should take into account that only very recently did Hexbear start to federate with anyone (so they aren't as used to having all of them in their posts, I imagine), and with a community so politically different from the wave of Lemmy newcomers (the old communities I think would have met each other better), I think it's only understandable that there would be some not so nice interactions.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't really have an issue with them being unkind, to me the zealotry is what's toxic.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah they're very strongly opinionated.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Strongly opinionated, and unwilling to elaborate or have actual discussion about their opinions, just insults and accusations towards any disagreement, and I get the sense that they do this out of principle.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yeah, they remind me of /b/ from 2006

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

"toxic", "opinionated", "unwilling to listen", /b/

Just call them what they are: angsty teens.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lmao thanks for the peek into that community

It's always nice to remember that the communist yelling at me is really just a hilariously fragile person acting out from their position of extreme privilege.