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 most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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All posts must be showerthoughts
The entire showerthought must be in the title
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
Posts must be original/unique
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They use to tell us we couldnt trust Wikipedia. Now we know. Wikipedia is the only website you can trust. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by Daft_ish@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 28 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Wikipedia has a claimed positive-bias, in which negative things are often left out of the article. This is more true the lower profile the page is.

And Wikipedia has an overall left-bias, because of the demographic of contributors.

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[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

And Wikipedia has an overall left-bias, because of the demographic of contributors.

FROM YOUR LINK

Until 2021, we rated Wikipedia as Center, but changed them to Not Rated because the online encyclopedia does not fit neatly into AllSides’ media bias rating methodologies, which were developed specifically for news sites.

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 1 point 2 years ago

Allsides, that rates media outlets, doesn't give a media bias rating. However, that page I linked still shows the bias even if it doesn't get them a media bias rating.

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