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Religion is the abuse of anxiety
(lemmy.world)
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:
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.
Its absolutely supposed to be. But then we came along and got the classic human stink all over it. Everything will be fine after you die as long as you recruit all your friends and do as I say and gimme some money. Might do a Holy War too, stay tuned for that.
I mean, religion is human made, so we didn't just come along.
But more importantly is can be both of these things at once, a salve for your existential anxiety and a tool to whip people into a mindless frenzy; nearly any source of profound hope can be used thusly