this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2025
171 points (85.2% liked)

Showerthoughts

35781 readers
1838 users here now

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:

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. 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
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. 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.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I just think in concepts/abstractions, I don't know how to explain it, lol.

I definitely don't think in pictures, like other person said. My mind can't create pictures out of thin air. That might be more like artists think I guess.

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

Having a minds eye or not is a different thing from having a inner monologue or not. People can have both, one of it or none.

Lack of an inner eye is called Aphantasia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia

I have a inner monologue but not a glimpse of an inner eye.

[–] Analog@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

I am very very much not an artist, and yet also cannot imagine not being able to conjure up images of whatever.

It is fascinating how the brain works! Even if we barely understand it!