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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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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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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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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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[–] Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Funny, where I live, all the boomers say everything new is shit and everything that's old has to be good and better

While not always true, a lot of older things were/are better. Everything built today is made for planned obsolescence. Meanwhile there are still motors and ac units from 1950 working perfectly. Now yes those were the well built ones. But still. Nothing built today will last that long, guaranteed, because a circuit board with an unreplaceable chip will no longer be attainable.

My fridge is from 1990. Works perfectly. How many 6 year old fridges have I seen go to shit? A lot. Even worse now that they try to shove tech where it shouldn't be. I guess thats the main factor. Leave tech out of my life where its not needed.