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 best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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10 years ago, a person would be insulted for filming a video in portrait instead of landscape. Now, old landscape videos are being cropped and resized to fit in a portrait player. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'd like to think the opposite of sideways is downways

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Was trying to be semi-funny based on how the screen changes orientation.

You are probably right though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh, I was trying to build off of your joke by saying that the change from horizontal to vertical video is a downgrade haha

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Of course.

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