For some of the really prolific posters, yes. But there are also lurkers like me.
I doubt anyone can recognize me when I comment or encounter a comment I made.
this post was submitted on 17 May 2025
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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:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
Rules
- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- No politics
- If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
- Posts must be original/unique
- Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS
If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.
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Potentially unpopular protip: I've blocked most of the "prolific" posters. My entire feed was becoming repurposed memes from 2015.
I'm happy there are people out there dedicating time to keeping Lemmy "active" but that is not how I want to live my life.
I'm order to prove you wrong, I am committed to remembering your username.
Thanks...?
Let's see when we meet each other in some other corner of Lemmy.
until we see each other again 🫡
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User tags make recognizing people a lot easier. I see tagged users a lot. Voyager even keeps a running total of how many times I have upvoted and downvoted particular users.
There’s one user I have at like -30, tagged as a Nazi apologist. And sure enough, every time I scroll past them, they’re commenting some weird BS.
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It's also not only about upvotes here.
At least people are keeping my mother's name out of their damn mouth.
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Oh, you pickled moon dumpling.
It feels like Reddit felt twenty years ago
Reddit 20 years ago was mostly just Reddit staff
By 2007, reddit definitely felt pretty big to me. But like an overgrown small town maybe.
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Its impossible to delete anything on the fediverse
I think the internet at large should be viewed this way and the Fediverse is no exception. It’s almost impossible to completely get rid of anything that isn’t under your direct and immediate control - i.e. your own personal email server. I don’t assume that Lemmy/Fediverse is any different.
That said, with the effort to be ”not Reddit” or just another social media platform ready to be potentially abused, focus should be placed on privacy and user ownership and their ability to control their data on the platform.
It's impossible to delete anything on the internet. You can't control everybody's backups.
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What happened to FlyingSquid
IIRC, they were having some health issues. It’s possible that it likely got too overwhelming, and they took time away from Lemmy to focus on their health.
I suspect they're also using an alt now to lurk/comment and not posting like they were. There's a user I saw that seemed to track, but could also be a coincidence. Hope they're good regardless of anyone's opinion, we're all still just people here at the end of the day
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Look at it this way, in a small town people are more likely to be kind and offer higher quality information when asked. The same things can be said about lemmy.
Agreed…Lemmy slightly reminds me of the early days of Internet forums/chatrooms/etc.
Yes, I’m old.
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Oh, you sweet summer child.
I've only seen "you sweet summer child" a handful of times on Lemmy
Does that mean my grandma was the OG memer? Bless your hearts.
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