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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 a thing works, it works. Then corporations realized that doesn't work to keep growing like a cancer. Queue: Make the old thing bad (by enshittification) or pour billions into ads saying no, this NEW thing is what you need now!

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[–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think it's a normal part of human nature that you experience all the time without corpo meddling. Have they exploited that urge for new? sure, just like they exploit every human emotion.

[–] KindnessisPunk@piefed.ca 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Reminds me of how general motors would paint each yearly relefresh of their cars a specific color so that you could tell if someone had the newest model.

Even that small amount of social pressure did wonders for their bottom line.

[–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Totally... Apple would never make new colors on their products for that reason, noooooo. A tale as old as marketing.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 points 2 days ago

And yet 4 generations later... The normies are still larping it

God forbid Karen seen with an android phone... That's for the poors 🤢

[–] KindnessisPunk@piefed.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

definitely I think the general motors thing happened back when the model T was a thing.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] KindnessisPunk@piefed.ca 1 points 2 days ago

sorry I should have been more clear, it was general motors equivalent to Ford's model t, I was just using that to establish time frame