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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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[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 75 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is a very common hypocrisy among first gen US immigrants. I'm a good Irish, not like those dirty ones coming over now; we should keep them out.

See also: Ayn Rand

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 week ago

Pulling the ladder up behind you is an American tradition!

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Or "I might be Irish, but at least I'm not an Italian" to not make yourself look better, but to make the others look worse

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Add the South African dude who was slashing our government and stealing our data.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago

Surprisingly tolerant of a literal foreigner stealing all of their personal records.

[–] JelloBrains@piefed.zip 26 points 1 week ago

Yeah but he's a white foreigner, that's different... but you know, it's totally not racism...

[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

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[–] Saleh@feddit.org 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Americans (the European land robbing ones) used to lynch black people as a past-time well before Fox News became a thing.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Americans (the European land robbing ones) used to lynch black people as a past-time well before Fox News became a thing.

You are describing both the Fox target demographic, and the attitude that Rupert Murdoch wanted to foster and grow.

[–] Tehhund@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Billionaires and reactionaries have no state.

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 week ago

Billionaires and reactionaries are the state. They are the ones who created it in order to control others for power and out of fear of what they don't understand, respectively.

People need to abandon it and unite under our own social structures that aren't built on the ruling class' hierarchy of wealth and perceived status.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 7 points 1 week ago

But they're rich people who abuse the system for their own personal gain. It's only bad if poor people do that.

::: spoiler

/S

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Americans love that global capital telling them how to feel, they larp it in earnest as if i is part of their identity and politics

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Stupid people are universal though. Every country has them. In the US they have been weaponized. Many of us are very much opposed to the stupidity.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 1 week ago

No doubt but americans are the greatest at everything!

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Is he a white foreigner though?

/S

[–] bender223@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

oh shit, someone call Alanis Morisette!