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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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IDK why, but this idea helps me sleep at night.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 59 points 7 hours ago (8 children)

Fuck Martha Stewart too

People don't realize that "insider trading" isn't fucking over a corporation, it's fucking over everyone that's invested and doesn't get the tip off.

People's retirement/pension and all types of other shit are tied up in random companies like this.

Absolutely no one should respect a billionaire who fucks over others to slightly see her numbers go up. She didn't need that money from cheating, but she did it anyways and fucked over everyone else.

She's a psychopath.

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

As far as I can see from the documentary she was getting on a plane to go on vacation and her broker called her and advised selling $40,000 worth of some stock and she said ok.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Nope:

Martha Stewart, the founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, also became embroiled in the scandal after it emerged that her broker, Peter Bacanovic, tipped her off that ImClone was about to drop. In response, Stewart sold about $230,000 in ImClone shares on December 27, 2001, a day before the announcement of the FDA decision

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImClone_stock_trading_case

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 hours ago

That still seems like it's more on the broker than her

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