I quite often have political thoughts in the shower, and also wish to express them; simply as being shower thoughts. However, rule number 3 prohibits this, or at least requiring me to dance around the subject; which feels somewhat limiting.

Despite this rule, there's still a significant portion of politically charged posts, which may annoy others, not interested in political topics. I personally wouldn't join the community, but rather visit it periodically; for an arguably healthier politics-life balance.

Therefore I'm not interested in starting a community myself; which is where some of you might be able to help out. I think this has the potential to greatly improve compliance to rule number 3, while still being able to express such thoughts, in a similar forgiving context.

Edit: it's a reality at: Political Showerthoughts. So feel free to redirect any political posters to that subcommunity.

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[–] -5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

We should just drop rule 3 here. Why are we gatekeeping what topics you can have a showerthought about?

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  • [–] [S] 26 points 9 months ago

    It seems the mods have decided otherwise, whereas a dedicated community can set its own rules. Like I said in the body, I'm not interested in constantly being bombarded with political posts; ideally only when I explicitly choose to visit such communities.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago*

    Nobody is gatekeeping what topics you can have a showerthought on. But people are allowed to choose to not read them. Or create spaces where certain topcis are not welcome. You are free to create a space for whatever content you want to see.

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