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Showerthoughts

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Posts would describe bizarre situations people have found themselves in, and commenters would take a stab at what put them there.

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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 73 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I mean...

If you build it, they will come

Plan it out, spin it up, and then announce it at !newcommunities@lemmy.world or somewhere.

[–] half@lemy.lol 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] ptz@dubvee.org 6 points 2 weeks ago

Subscribed.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 46 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

There’s a lot of potential here.

lemmy_check: crowdsourced fact-checking

lemmy_see: spot to compare pics of arbitrary stuff (lemmy see your favorite mug)

lemmy_know: ad-hoc polls, recommendations or requests for how-tos (lemmy know how you season your mac and cheese)

lemmy_tell_ya: rants about whatever

[–] sga@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

can i make these, since technically these are your ideas, i am definitely interested in lemmy_check. I believe lemmy_know is very close to c/ask

[–] ViperActual@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Please do and link them all here so I can subscribe

[–] sga@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If your answers are going to be video links, most people won't be interested

[–] sga@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I agree, those are just 2 examples of people doing fact finding, idea is someone will post something, and other lemmings will do what people in the video did

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Lemmy_at_them, to have a wider scope.

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Lemmy_at_em rolls off the tongue better, imo.

Shorter too, which is always good for a community name. You win!

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I was searching for something that. Cool! I think the old Scrappy Doo character came to mind first!

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Roasting community?

[–] stangel@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

[–] half@lemy.lol 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] tunetardis@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Oh wow thank you so much!

I got super busy today and only just got back on now to see the idea seems to have some traction. I will try to post/comment there to get ball rolling.

I was thinking actually, you could have posts that, like I suggested, describe a strange situation and invite people to speculate on how it came about. But you could also give some sort of narrative that describes the circumstances instead and leads up to a point where you go "…and you'll never guess what happened next!" or something to that effect.

[–] illi@lemm.ee 21 points 2 weeks ago

I'd subscribe to that community

[–] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

On the flip side, The Margot Robbie account created Now Lemmy Explain.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[–] bullshitter@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

So cool it hurts, apparently?

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

They are shitting bulls, probably living a life of constant pain

[–] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 weeks ago

CREATE IT NOW

[–] Fleur_@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Community for fake/real stories and commenters get to discuss if it's real or not. This is actually just the green text community nevermind

[–] InfiniWheel@lemmy.one 1 points 2 weeks ago

More like AITA

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

lemmy_google_that_for_you

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

And a hook-up community called lemmy_holla