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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 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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[–] Screwthehole@lemmy.world 308 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (85 children)

Not really meaning for this to sound as arrogant as it's going to, but... Lemmy is almost entirely populated by nerds so far.

Nerds tend to be open to tech, maybe a little smarter overall. You know? You can tell by the grammar, the spelling. It's a different group here.

Reality is left leaning, and the stupider someone is, in general, the more likely they are to lean right politically. The rest of the right are the really rich, who tend to be up the psychological spectrum toward sociopathic, so of course they would have no time for caring for others' needs.

[–] Agareth@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dumb fag. Reddit used to be apolitical.

[–] Lenins2ndCat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

lol when was it apolitical? As far back as 2010 it was getting mentioned on TV by liberal media for starting the Restoring Truthiness movement.

Your memory is awful, or you haven't been on it that long and are just making up its history to suit yourself. The earlier days of reddit's politics were mostly liberal. Although liberals were significantly more awful on social issues back then than they are today.

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