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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.

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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 341 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (87 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.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 159 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reality is left leaning

I know this was a joke Colbert made, but the truth is the reverse: the left is reality-leaning. It's truly terrifying to see how divorced from reality the right-wing is, and how gleefully they just keep storming in that direction.

[–] wall_panel_96@lemmy.world -2 points 7 hours ago

How ix believing a man is a women because that's how they choose to identify 'reality leaning'. The far right are nutters, historically the left was somewhat sane, but these days the right ard the bee left, and the left are mentally ill communist loving extremists. How on earth fo you not see that?

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