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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.

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Not just uncaught murderers, there are a lot of people who have killed without legally being considered murderers.

People who killed people in accidents such as driving accidents or hunting accidents

People who killed in self defense

Soldiers who killed enemy soldiers

Executioners

Police officers who have killed on duty

Doctors and nurses who have made mistakes that accidentally killed patients

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[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If you’re old enough you’ve definitely met someone who has done at least one murder. The question is intent as you’ve said: did you meet the drunk driver or the serial killer with 50 bodies in the basement who hasn’t been caught.

Also this applies to rape and that is far more common because it is simply less reported. One of your buddies might be a person that has straight up forced a person to have sex, maybe violently

[–] BoredGamer@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Let's not forget the more obvious, most veterans or military have killed people but. We usually don't count them because they were killing "bad people" that just happened to be from a different country.

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 days ago

op straight up said that one bud but yes imperialism has a lot of murderers walking among us. Some of your zionist friends may have committed war crimes during their time in israel only to come back to home to 0 consequences and to be a fucking sociopath that, I dunno, goes on tinder dates without dropping the bomb that they sniped children that posed 0 threat because they’re fucking inhuman monsters

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Most veterans and military have not killed anyone.

[–] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah, no. Most members of most militaries haven’t directly killed anyone, even during wartime.