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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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Lemmy faces the same expectations problems as every free/libre software (feddit.de)
submitted 1 year ago by mustbe3to20signs@feddit.de to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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It's the same as with Linux, GIMP, LibreOffice or OnlyOffice. Some people are so used to their routines that they expect everything to work the same and get easily pissed when not.

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[โ€“] fubo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay. I don't see how that stereotype relates to Lemmy or FOSS, though?

[โ€“] mustbe3to20signs@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've seen some very demanding posts asking for this or that feature completely missing out on the fact that
a) Lemmy is written by people in their free time and
b) hosted on servers paid by individuals or through donations.
Imho it seems not uncommon to take the free part of FOSS for granted but still expecting to be treated like a paying customer.

People easily forget what they've already got and want more, that's were I see this stereotype.