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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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[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 143 points 2 days ago (7 children)

No, we'd simply find some other difference to get divided on.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 54 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It'd be regions/land-based, probably. "Southern pride," etc...just without the racism. Fuck those star-bellied sneeches across the river.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Glad that you brought up the Sneeches!

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

And I hear those damn Zooks eat their bread with the buttered side down.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Unfortunately it's the wealthy people who decide.

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Having lived in a majority white city where they divided themselves between countries of origin, this would happen.

Until a large Hispanic influx northeast PA had Italian sections, Irish sections, Lithuanian sections, Polish sections, etc. When my ex’s grandmother met me she asked me “what are you?” despite us both being white.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

She was old enough to remember that none of those origins was considered white.

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[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Or people would simply be divided over what race they used to be.

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[–] MrEff@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 44 points 2 days ago (9 children)

There is only the human race. Any differences in appearance is less that a % of genetic difference.

[–] Peasley@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (15 children)

The modern concept of race was invented in 1684 by this guy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bernier?wprov=sfla1

It's been utter bullshit from the start

[–] thoon@feddit.nl 16 points 2 days ago

Of course he was fr*nch

[–] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm ngl he looks exactly like what I expected.

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[–] cattywampas@midwest.social 10 points 2 days ago

Fun fact, there is more genetic variation within Africa than there is in the rest of the world combined. This is because only a small lineage of humans ended up migrating out of Africa.

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[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 41 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They'd still argue over religion. And what sports team they cheer for. And whatever else the billionaire owned media could decide to distract them with.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

If I really wanted an excuse to hate people, I'd hate people who make dumb complaints about movies

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

People who won't use their blinkers

People with no regard to those around them

People who litter or don't clean up after their dog

The list goes on.

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[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Race was invented by them to divide us. They'll just invent something else.

[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 days ago

They already use gender, sexuality, nationality, anything really. Race is just one of many strings on the harp of bigotry.

Absolutely. Religion, language, country of origin, gender, age, there’s no shortage of useless ways to divide people. Our differences aren’t the issue, the issue is the rich and powerful exploiting our differences to pit us against each other.

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[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

nah... equally looking people, indistinguishble from each other, have managed levels of hate high enough to attemp genocide

[–] lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Right. Like, can you imagine what society would be like if we let bald people vote? /s

[–] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That demon is left handed!!!

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[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 days ago

We are all the same race we are just different colours. Can you imagine any other animals fighting over their looks.

[–] tisktisk@piefed.social 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You... You really think we wouldn't find some other trivial differences to get overly tribal over?

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[–] TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

.... that is not how race works.

we already ARE the same race. we constructed differences to divide us, elevate ourselves and put down outsiders without having to accomplish anything.

Imagine a world where everyone taller than 6 feet is considered a different social class. that's race.

[–] DeadMartyr@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I get it and agree mostly. I definitely think socioeconomic classes are more of a defining/dividing line than a heritage you happen to share with someone.

Only <1% of any humans DNA differs, but I think a better point is that everyone is atleast 50th cousins or something (Granted if you share a heritage its much closer)

But also if you told someone like my girlfriend that race isn't real she'd probably sock you. She's experienced it and its very real to her.

When we started dating I would actually try to talk about how I don't understand why she would side with someone solely because their skin was dark like hers and it would be a point of contention. She would literally associate with someone that objectively did something she thinks is reprehensible because of literally only that. She grew up very wealthy and never hurt anyone, guy on the news was someone in and out of prison who literally fired first on the guy that revived him with narcan--but they happen to have the same color of skin.

As a boy other Latinos would literally antagonize me for "acting white" because I would rather read during recess than play football/soccer--because being educated is associated with being white; we were the children of poor families with gangbangers as role models so we must obviously be destined for different things /s

I feel like a lot of racial issues are cultural and self-perpetuating. But my girlfriend in particular was the only black woman in a white conservative town, people would open doors for her friends and close it when it came to her, If I visit her hometown she doesn't want to be out for long, etc. So I get why it is very important to her.

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[–] Melusine@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Tell me you don't know what the nazies did in Eastern Europe without telling me you don't what the nazies did in Eastern Europe. Or how the Irish were considered in the USA, or the italians...

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[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Idk man. The Sneetches “got really quite wise on that day”, but they still never guillotined Sylvester McMonkey McBean.

[–] if_only@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

It seems the sneetches wisdom knows very specifically defined bounds

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[–] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

There's still Religious bigotry... That's worked as an alternative for eons

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 9 points 2 days ago

We'd still find ways to focus on what makes us different and fight about it.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Let me tell you a bit bout a guy that I've seen.
A man known as Sylvester McMonkey McBean.

Every now and again he'd head towards the beaches
Carting along his machine, for the sneeches.

When did Dr. Seuss get so woke...

[–] vane@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

People will argue about something else. You can change the parameters of the simulation but you can't change the outcome.

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 8 points 2 days ago

No we'd come up with something else. We need to gene edit everyone to edit out the tribalism gene and replace it with a "we're all in this together" gene.

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Twist, it is a completely novel race, no one looks normal anymore

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[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hahahahahaha no, look at India.

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[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The British have never needed race to start fights with the French.

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[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 day ago

Look. I live in a small town. The people one town over are dumb as fuck and ugly inbreeds.

They say the same about us.

See the problem? What we need is for the fucking psychologists to step up their game and develop bulletproof tests for sociopaths.

Keep them out of positions of any power and we're well on our way for a golden age of humanity.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Bosnia would like to have a word.

[–] haloduder@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I wish, but no.

For one, they would blame religion.

Barring that, they would find any other differences among us to blame.

Barring that, rich people will use their power and influence to make sure we find some way to blame each other instead of them.

The main reason why we refuse to blame rich people for our problems is because most of us want to be the rich people causing the problems. Until we can get that idea out of most of our heads, we shouldn't expect these problems to be solved.

I don't have much hope, personally.

[–] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Lol wot. You think we wouldn't get all caste system in this piece son?

[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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