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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:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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- 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
- Posts must be original/unique
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Enshittification is only inherent to capitalism because there is a monetary incentive to steer in that direction.
Despite capitalism, companies used to diversify or improve their products when they were no longer selling. Now they're forcing people to buy them anyway by bribing politicians and either being in cahoots with or buying up competitors.
Greed is exponential. The more they have the more they want. It has about reached its peak, these billionaires have so much they want to rule the world, at any cost.
You can only grow so much doing things good that eventually you need to start doing bad in order to have higher profits than the previous year. Early stage capitalism looks pretty good; late stage capitalism is pure shit.
I think that farmers have been wiping out forests since forever.