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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.

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We are just finding out about a child sex trafficking ring involving politicians and billionaires, the world’s richest man does a Nazi salute at a political rally, and the President being an adjudicated sex criminal is probably not the worst thing he has done…

Meanwhile I’m standing here in the checkout line feeling guilty about whether or not I should tip a barista

Something is wrong with our collective notion of morality, and my individual understanding (Oh well, here we are)

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[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (47 children)

I mean, you should tip the barista, though.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (41 children)

But who are you tipping, really.

In the US, there is such thing as "tipped minimum wage". So, federal minimum wage is $7.25/hour, but the employer may pay as little as $2.13/hour themselves if the worker makes up the rest with tips.

Most extreme in Delaware. Minimum wage is $15/hour, but minimum tipped wage is just $2.23, so up to $12.77/hour in tips can just be a discount to the employer.
Why do you think tips are being pushed so much in the US? Chart per jurisdiction: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped

[–] 0ndead 0 points 5 days ago

This sounds like something a non-tipper would say

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