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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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[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Every time somebody like this pops up, it's a great reminder that you can block people and you should block people.

You don't need to explain to this moron why he's a moron.

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 0 points 20 hours ago

You just waiting for me to respond so that blocking doesn't stop me from seeing this? Or are you just being a knob?

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've heard this bullshit so many times...

What we call "morality" is simply put to words those behaviours that has made us a successful species. We are a communal species, one of our greatest strengths being the delegation and specialisation of tasks; all working together. Everything we've built, everything we've achieved, can be attributed to that feature of our species.

Now, imagine how far we'd get if every individual in our species acted "amorally".

Morality is a product of evolution.

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca -3 points 20 hours ago

Morality is a product of evolution.

Yes, and spirituality is the point between "premoral behavior" in animals, and "morality" as a unified idea in us as I have argued.

[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

It doesn't serve us well to murder our own communities. It doesn't serve us well to cause conflict and strife among ourselves when external circumstances are tough enough.

Living on the steppe or on the savannah would have been extremely tough, and I believe that pragmatism would have naturally lead to a sort of morality -- don't steal from, harm, kill, antagonise other people in your group or you're putting the entire group at risk.

It doesn't have to be spiritual or religious!

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 30 points 2 days ago (3 children)

"'Without religion, how would you stop yourself from raping and killing all you want?' I already do all the raping and killing I want. That number is ZERO because I don't want to rape or kill!" - Penn Gillette.

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[–] fubbernuckin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 2 days ago (10 children)
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[–] RagingSnarkasm@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

People who are only moral because they fear going to hell scare the piss out of me.

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[–] Redfox8@mander.xyz 25 points 2 days ago (11 children)

I also disagree. All you need is to say "I don't want/like that" and to understand that something could be lost or suffered to yourself or others, given a particular scenario. That can then be used to create a system of morality where the majority are in agreement with each aspect.

Oh and empathy. That's pretty critical!

I'd say that spirituality and religion is then formed off the back of and alongside general or universal moral beliefs and that many aspects cannot exist without morals in the first place.

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[–] Fletcher@lemmy.today 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)

I would argue that morality came before religion or spirituality, and therefore does not require either of them to exist.

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[–] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 7 points 2 days ago

Even animals have some kind of morality

[–] lath@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)
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[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

I'd say morality came first and people invented religion to justify the moral frameworks they already had. Cultures invented gods and ascribed their culture's shared moral views to their gods

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

Ethical frameworks exist that don't rely on religion or spirituality. Utilitarianism, kantism, etc..

[–] moshankey@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have neither spirituality nor religion and I consider myself a rather moral person. Neither of those did anything for me and I do not look at any religiosity I may have been taught as a child as a reason for my morals. Live and let live works pretty well for me. Always has and I’m almost 60. So no, I don’t agree with your point.

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