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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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    • 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.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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[–] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

All billionaires are bastards. Full stop. It doesn't fucking matter if they got there through marriage. It doesn't fucking matter if they donate to charity and seem like nice people. Nothing they can do can excuse the evil done by them or on their behalf to become that wealthy in the first place. You can tell they're cool with it because they never seem to stop being billionaires of their own free will.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Keeping such a black & white view of things makes you no better than MAGAts, IMHO. There's nuance to everything, and if you can't be bothered to consider it then YOU are making yourself part of the problem.

If you bothered to look into things & think them through, you'd see she's using her wealth to generate even more money she can donate to good causes. If she just gave away everything she got out of the marriage right away, she'd be approaching the bottom of her barrel right about now instead of having much more to contribute to good causes as she now does.

Step back from the anger, and get a bigger view of things, eh?

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

She’s unelected, and dictates the disbursement of a great deal of unearned funds.

Big picture, no nuance needed: it’s feudalist to let her make these decisions.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Grow TF up & get with reality, dude. She's working within a system she didn't create. When you effect a complete overhaul of how the country works, we'll talk. Until then, she's doing much more good than most - certainly more than the bullshit your unrealistic excuses to be judgemental are.