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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Wouldn't it be funny if gay people referred to other gay people as their "colleagues"? (lemm.ee)

submitted 7 months ago by UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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Like imagine going to a pride parade and you see some twink u never met and be Iike, "hey colleague! How're u? How's the bottom job position working for you?"

"Colleague"... That's a funny word...

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[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This post was reported for being offensive. Its hard to know what is offensive to all groups of people. "Colleague" is a pretty innocuous term and "twink" seems to be context dependent. It doesn't seem obviously derogatory in this context, "you see some dude" feels similar. I won't take action for now. I'm very open to feedback, being wrong, and learning. Thanks all.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don’t think it’s offensive. It just seems to be a bad shower thought. OP shouldn't feel bad for having it but should feel bad for sharing it.

[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Eh why should I feel bad for sharing it either? I shared it, ppl didn't like it, so they downvoted it. Ok ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I like your attitude. IDGAF what dumb shit I post when super high or drunk either.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Is that your weird minimizing way of saying you reported it, or did you somehow learn of a reporting?

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm a mod, so the latter. I want the reporters to know they are heard, but also I tend to be slow to take action.

[–] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You mean by deleting old, totally innocuous posts like a week after they posted it? What rule I broke I don’t know. Don’t much feel “heard” as a user

Good luck with your sub

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

This is my first time being a mod. For example early on I would just remove any post that got a single report, but obviously that's not a good strategy.

There are also other mods including an automod.

If I'm reading your picture correctly it was only 6 days ago that your post got removed. I'm not even sure if I can undo a mod action but I'll look into it. Thanks for bringing it up.

Edit: I am having trouble finding the original context of the comment that got removed, finding out how to reverse it, or finding who removed it. It's possible it was me but I don't remember it. I have reached out to other mods for help.