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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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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
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[–] algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Capitalism may hold us back in some regards but really helps in others.

The majority of people would likely be feudal peasants, working under a warmonger family that owns the sustaining land by force. No upward mobility except through bloodshed.

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 0 points 2 years ago

Capitalism optimizes for efficiency. Sadly slavery is terribly efficient in terms of economics. Therefore capitalism needs to be capped by society at certain acceptable limits. Which is called socioeconomics and its not perfect but the best system we have. insert handwavy remark about whatever america is doing here

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

imagine everything humans could accomplish if we used billionaires as food and fuel

[–] aleonem@lemmy.today 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wouldn't using them as food just be using them as fuel anyways? The only difference is what you're going to fuel with them.

[–] experbia@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

came to say this. food is fuel, we are merely labyrinthine biological furnaces that chemically incinerates whatever unfortunate matter may enter us. the fuel's affluence is not typically relevant, but I'm a little out of touch on the science, I might be wrong.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

It’s not science just precise language. Basically food is a distinct concept because it contains both energy and material to be used by the system. The word for such a mix is “food”.